BJP fields ex-Sena MLA for bypoll
The Hindu
Congress says it will announce candidate soon
Former Shiv Sena MLA Subhash Sabne will be the BJP candidate for the by-election to the Deglur-Biloli Assembly seat in Nanded district. The byelection was necessitated by the death of sitting Congress MLA Raosaheb Antapurkar.
“I congratulate Subhash Sabne over the candidature. We are certain that people will vote for him and the BJP will repeat the Pandharpur-Mangalvedha byelection result where we defeated the Maha Vikas Aghadi candidate,” Chandrakant Patil, Maharashtra State BJP chief, said.
Antapurkar had defeated Mr. Sabne in the 2019 Assembly election. “I have nothing against Uddhavji. But Ashok Chavan of the Congress is working like a dictator. He is sidelining Shiv Sena and NCP leaders in the constituency. He is trying to finish off the Sena in Nanded district and I cannot let this happen,” Mr. Sabne said.
Around 440 MBBS graduates of 2021 are not required to undergo one year of compulsory rural service as per the bond signed by them while joining the medical course through government-quota seats in 2015 as the High Court of Karnataka has said the law, enacted in 2012 for mandatory rural service, remained unenforced for 10 years as it was published in the official gazette only in July 2022.