The Uttar Pradesh State Election Commission (SEC) on Sunday had announced a two-phase Urban Local Body elections on May 4 and 11 to elect representatives for 14,864 posts across 760 local bodies in the state. The counting be held on May 13.
The Supreme Court`s decision came on the basis of the Backward Classes Commission`s report of the triple test for reservation submitted by the state government to seek permission to implement the OBC quota for the elections.
Voters queued up at a polling booth during Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections. | PTI
A primary teachers’ union in Uttar Pradesh on Sunday claimed that 1,621 teachers assigned to polling duty during the panchayat elections have died of the coronavirus, reported
The Hindu. The union has released a list of the deceased.
The Uttar Pradesh Prathmik Shikshak Sangh has demanded that a compensation of Rs 1 crore be given to the kin of the staff and teachers who died.
It also said that state Chief Secretary Rajendra Kumar Tiwari had assured them on May 1, a day before counting, that unwell teachers and staff would not be asked to be on polling duty. However, the union claimed, that the teachers and staff who were absent, because of falling ill, on counting and voting days were suspended or faced salary cuts.