New Delhi, July 1 -- Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader Sanjeev Arora has resigned from Rajya Sabha after he was elected as the MLA from the Ludhiana West assembly constituency in the recently concluded bypolls.

His resignation from the upper house was accepted by Vice President and Rajya Sabha chairman Jagdeep Dhankar on Tuesday with immediate effect, finding the same in conformity with Article 101 3(b) of the Constitution.

This comes after Sanjeev Arora, the newly elected MLA from AAP in Punjab, on Saturday took oath in the state assembly after winning the recently concluded bypoll from Ludhiana West assembly constituency. The AAP has retained the seat.

Punjab assembly speaker Kultar Singh Sandhawan administered his oath in Chandigarh.

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