Chandigarh: The Election Commission on Wednesday announced that the by-election for a Rajya Sabha seat from Punjab that fell vacant following the resignation of sitting AAP member Sanjeev Arora will be held on October 24.

Counting will also be held on October 24 after the election between 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

As per the poll panel, nominations will open after the issue of notification on October 6, and the last date for filing candidature will be October 13. The scrutiny of nominations will be held the next day, on October 14, and October 16 is the deadline for withdrawal of nominations.

Decks have been cleared for the state's ruling Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) to nominate someone from the party.

AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal, who was speculated to enter the Rajya Sabha, has denied that he is in

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