The Upper House seat became vacant after Sanjeev Arora resigned on July 1 this year, following his victory in the Ludhiana (West) bypoll

Nominates Industrialist Rajinder Gupta as Rajya Sabha Candidate from Punjab News: The Political Affairs Committee (PAC) of the Aam Aadmi Party announced the nomination of industrialist Rajinder Gupta as a candidate for election to the Rajya Sabha by the elected members of the Legislative Assembly of Punjab on Sunday.

He has been nominated for the only vacant Rajya Sabha seat from Punjab in the upcoming bypoll to the Upper House of Parliament, scheduled for October 24.

According to The New Indian Express, Rajinder, Chairman Emeritus of the Trident Group, resigned as Vice Chairman of the State Economic Policy and Planning Board, as well as Chairperson of the Sri Kali Devi Advisory Committee, on Saturday.

The report added that the decision to nominate a Punjabi face was taken to avoid any narrative of Delhi leadership dominating the state.

Earlier, there was speculation that one of the top leaders of the ruling party could be nominated to the Rajya Sabha from Punjab.

AAP currently has 93 MLAs in the 117-member state assembly. With a clear majority, and as the winning candidate needs only 60 votes, Rajinder’s victory is considered a certainty if an election is held. However, the report noted that Punjab may continue its long-standing convention of sending Rajya Sabha MPs unopposed.

The Upper House seat became vacant after Sanjeev Arora resigned on July 1 this year, following his victory in the Ludhiana (West) bypoll by a margin of over 10,000 votes.

Sanjeev Arora is now serving as the Industries and NRI Affairs Minister in Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann’s Cabinet.

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