New Delhi, May 31 -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Saturday named Jiwan Gupta as its candidate for the Ludhiana West bypolls in Punjab.

The bypolls in Ludhiana are being held due to the death of sitting AAP member Gurpreet Bassi Gogi in January. The Aam Aadmi Party named Rajya Sabha member Sanjeev Arora as its candidate for the bypolls, while Congress has fielded former Minister Bharat Bhushan Ashu. The Shiromani Akali Dal has nominated Parupkar Singh Ghuman, and the BJP is yet to announce its candidate.

On Sunday, the Election Commission announced byelections to five assembly seats in four states to be held on June 19. Counting of votes will take place on June 23. The last date of filing nominations will be June 2 and that of withdra...