Maharashtra SEC announces byelections in local body seats affected by SC ruling on OBC quota
The Hindu
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The Maharashtra State Election Commission (SEC) on Monday announced that byelections in five zilla parishads and panchayat samitis for seats which fell vacant after the Supreme Court quashed the OBC quota, will be held on October 5. The announcement came days after the top court ruled that the State government cannot postpone the local body elections and it is for the Election Commission to decide. State Election Commissioner U.P.S. Madan said the Supreme Court had specified that the State’s guidelines regarding the COVID-19 pandemic did not apply for the byelections and that the decision on conducting the elections should be taken at the earliest. The byelections were stayed on July 9 on the State’s request pointing to the COVID-19 threat.
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