Students suffer as loudspeakers blare

Try hard to focus on their exams in the middle of civic poll campaigning

Try hard to focus on their exams in the middle of civic poll campaigning

Bangalore's students are cursing the loudspeakers being used by political parties during the Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) elections.

The students who are busy either preparing for or taking primary, middle school, II PUC, and SSLC board exams, are finding it difficult to give undivided attention to their studies thanks to all the noise.

Santosh Kumar, a II PUC student said, "For the past one week, the noise has become a nuisance because of the loudspeakers used by different parties campaigning for the upcoming BBMP polls.
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I just cant concentrate on my studies as the noise irritates me to no end."

R Akhil, a SSLC student said, "My exams begin on April 1, and it's because of the loudspeakersu00a0 that I went to my friends house to study. Unfortunately, it was no different there."

The high court rejected Advocate M K Vijaykumar's PIL that drew the court's attention to the disturbance caused by loudspeakers to students.

Very distracting

Vijaykumar, parent of SSLC student said, "Every five to 10 minutes an auto-rickshaw with loudspeakers mounted in it passes by our house. How does a student study in such an environment."
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Advocate M K Vijaykumar had registered a protest through a public interest litigation recently that drew the court's attention to the damage being done to students due to blatant use of loudspeakers.
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The high court turned down the request and stated that it was too late to offer directions to the state government on the subject.

282
Complaints filed against candidates contesting BBMP polls

1,200
People taken into preventive custody during BBMP polls

167
Number of licensed weapons seized by the police in the city

Rs 3,370
Amount seized by cops from canvassers trying to buy votes

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BJP is the party that has the most cases of violation of election code of conduct against them according to Police Commissioner SM Bidri