Chandigarh, July 3 -- The Bhagwant Mann-led Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) Government in Punjab is set to undergo its seventh Cabinet expansion on Thursday, marking yet another strategic reshuffle in its three-year tenure. This time, the spotlight is firmly on Ludhiana West's newly elected MLA Sanjeev Arora, who is poised to be sworn in as a Minister at a ceremony scheduled for 1 pm at Punjab Raj Bhavan.

The expansion, reportedly involving only one induction, carries significant political undertones. A businessman-cum-philanthropist, Arora recently vacated his Rajya Sabha seat - considered a secure political position - to contest and win the Ludhiana West Assembly bypoll. He is expected to be handed a prominent portfolio, likely in Housing or Indus...