Polling underway for bypoll to Badvel Assembly segment in Andhra Pradesh
The Hindu
Badvel Assembly seat fell vacant following the death of ruling YSR Congress Party legislator Gunthoti Venkata Subbaiah in March
Voting for the by-election in Badvel Assembly constituency in the district is underway with voters queueing up to exercise their franchise.
Polling will be held from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m., a senior election official said on October 30.
According to Kadapa Superintendent of Police K.K.N. Anburajan, as many as 281 polling stations for the bypoll were set up out of which 148 have been identified as “critical”. Over 2,000 police personnel including Central armed police forces have been deployed at necessary places.
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.