LUDHIANA: As Ludhiana West awaits the outcome of its high-stakes by-election, to be declared on June 23, political temperatures are soaring across Punjab. The polling, held on June 19 following the untimely death of AAP MLA Gurpreet Gogi, saw a multi-cornered contest between Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Congress, Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD), and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).