Voting underway in bypolls to one Lok Sabha, three Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh
The Hindu
The seats going to polls are Khandwa (Lok Sabha) and Raigaon, Prithvipur and Jobat Assembly constituencies
Voting began on Saturday morning for by-elections to one Lok Sabha and three Assembly seats in Madhya Pradesh, an official said.
As many as 48 candidates are in the fray in four constituencies where straight fights are expected between the ruling BJP and opposition Congress.
Voting started at 7 a.m. and will end at 6 p.m., the official 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.