<p>Chandigarh: The BJP on Saturday named party leader Jiwan Gupta as its candidate for the June 19 Ludhiana West Assembly bypoll in Punjab.</p>.<p>The announcement was made after the party's central election committee approved Gupta's name.</p>.<p>He is the party's general secretary of the Punjab unit and a member of the BJP's core committee in the state.</p>.<p>The Ludhiana West seat fell vacant following the death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi in January. The counting of votes will be held on June 23.</p>.40 woman BSF constables complete training in Punjab's Hoshiarpur.<p>While the ruling Aam Aadmi Party has fielded Rajya Sabha member and industrialist Sanjeev Arora from the seat, the Congress has named former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu.</p>.<p>Ashu won the seat twice in 2012 and 2017, but was defeated by AAP's Gogi by a margin of 7,512 votes in the 2022 Punjab assembly polls.</p>.<p>The Shiromani Akali Dal has nominated Parupkar Singh Ghuman, a lawyer.</p>.<p>The last date for filing nominations is June 2, and the scrutiny of nominations will take place on June 3.</p>.<p>The last date for the withdrawal of nominations is June 5. </p>
<p>Chandigarh: The BJP on Saturday named party leader Jiwan Gupta as its candidate for the June 19 Ludhiana West Assembly bypoll in Punjab.</p>.<p>The announcement was made after the party's central election committee approved Gupta's name.</p>.<p>He is the party's general secretary of the Punjab unit and a member of the BJP's core committee in the state.</p>.<p>The Ludhiana West seat fell vacant following the death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Bassi Gogi in January. The counting of votes will be held on June 23.</p>.40 woman BSF constables complete training in Punjab's Hoshiarpur.<p>While the ruling Aam Aadmi Party has fielded Rajya Sabha member and industrialist Sanjeev Arora from the seat, the Congress has named former minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu.</p>.<p>Ashu won the seat twice in 2012 and 2017, but was defeated by AAP's Gogi by a margin of 7,512 votes in the 2022 Punjab assembly polls.</p>.<p>The Shiromani Akali Dal has nominated Parupkar Singh Ghuman, a lawyer.</p>.<p>The last date for filing nominations is June 2, and the scrutiny of nominations will take place on June 3.</p>.<p>The last date for the withdrawal of nominations is June 5. </p>