Ludhiana, June 19 -- AAP candidate for Ludhiana West assembly by-polls, Sanjeev Arora, cast his vote along with his family in the early hours of the voting, which began at 7 am on Thursday.

"I have cast my vote. I appeal to the people of Ludhiana to cast their vote too," Arora told reporters.

Arora is an industrialist and a Rajya Sabha member of the party.

The bypoll has been necessitated after AAP MLA Gurpreet Gogi died of a self-inflicted bullet injury in January this year.

The Congress has fielded Bharat Bhushan Ashu, a former minister and two-term MLA, in the constituency. The primary contest is expected between the Congress and the AAP. Jiwan Gupta is the BJP candidate.

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