Chandigarh, July 4 -- Aam Aadmi Party's (AAP) newly-elected Ludhiana West MLA Sanjeev Arora was inducted into the Punjab Cabinet on Thursday, entrusted with the key portfolios of Industry and NRI Affairs, marking the seventh expansion of the Bhagwant Mann-led government in just over three years. Arora's inclusion, a fulfilment of a public promise made during the Ludhiana West bypoll campaign, came at the cost of senior Minister Kuldeep Singh Dhaliwal, who relinquished charge of the NRI Affairs Department following directions from the Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann.
The reshuffle comes barely two days after Arora formally resigned from his Rajya Sabha seat - a move that has now left one of AAP's five Upper House berths from Punjab vacant. Pol...