<h1>Ruling party nominates industrialist for Rajya Sabha bypoll to fill MP vacancy with term through April 9, 2028</h1> The ruling party has nominated an industrialist as its candidate for a Rajya Sabha bypoll in Punjab scheduled for October 24 to fill a vacancy created when a party MP resigned after winning a state assembly seat and joining the state cabinet; the vacated term ran until April 9, 2028. The nominee recently relinquished government advisory and temple committee posts, prompting speculation about the candidacy. The party holds an overwhelming majority in the 117-member assembly, making election by the legislators likely, while opposition claims about alternative entrants had been publicly denied earlier by the party leadership.