Spirited electioneering ends without untoward incidents
The Hindu
It was intense as rural civic polls are fought on party and caste lines
Intense electioneering for the first phase of rural civic polls, scheduled for Wednesday, ended on Monday evening without any toward incident.
Unlike the Parliamentary and Assembly polls, electioneering for the rural civic polls, to be held in two phases in Tirunelveli and Tenkasi districts, is intense as it is being fought on party and caste lines. Though the State Election Commission has imposed restrictions and stipulated poll codes, the candidates spent a lot and used as many vehicles as they can deploy for the campaign.
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.