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Ludhiana West bypoll nominations close as BJP fields Jiwan Gupta

The June 19 vote has been cast as a potential bellwether for BJP’s performance in the 2027 Punjab assembly elections.

Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) candidate Jiwan Gupta filed his nomination papers on Monday for the Ludhiana West bypoll scheduled for June 19. He was accompanied by state BJP chief Sunil Jakhar, Union minister of state for railways and food processing industries Ravneet Singh Bittu, and senior BJP leaders Vijay Rupani, and Rajneesh Dhiman. (Gurpreet Singh/HT)
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Overview

  • June 2 marked the deadline for filing candidacies, with BJP’s Jiwan Gupta joining AAP’s Sanjiv Arora, Congress’s Bharat Bhushan Ashu, and SAD’s Parupkar Singh Ghumman in the race.
  • The Election Commission will scrutinize papers on June 3 and enforce a June 5 withdrawal deadline before the June 19 by-election.
  • The vacancy arose after AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi’s death in January, prompting this midterm contest in a key industrial constituency.
  • Senior BJP figures Vijay Rupani, Sunil Jakhar and Ravneet Singh Bittu attended Gupta’s nomination drive and urged voters to deliver a decisive mandate.
  • Party leaders maintain that a BJP win here could build momentum for forming a BJP government in Punjab’s 2027 assembly polls.