Maharashtra govt. puts off Speaker's election to avoid confrontation with Raj Bhavan
The Hindu
Government wanted to hold the Speaker's election during the ongoing session.
The Maharashtra government on Tuesday deferred its decision to hold the election of the after a legal opinion that confrontation with the Raj Bhavan be avoided.
The election will be held in the next session of the State legislature, said a senior minister in the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA - comprising the Shiv Sena, NCP and Congress) government.
Tuesday is the last day of the ongoing winter session of the legislature.
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.