Ahead of the bypoll in Punjab's Ludhiana West Assembly, Delhi CM Rekha Gupta accused AAP leader Arvind Kejriwal of burying Punjab under a ₹4 lakh crore debt due to his wrong policies. She also alleged, "People are dying from spurious liquor...but what are you (Kejriwal) doing? You are grabbing the land of poor farmers in connivance with the builder mafia."