Why made you go grey? What is your assessment of the Yogi government?
This government has done nothing except branding itself with banners, hoardings and juggling of false figures. It’s just duping people. Crime has gone up sharply and women are insecure. Farmers, small businessmen, labourers, youth…everyone is worried.
What’s your take on the recent panchayat elections?
There’s jungle raj and the government has failed in fighting the pandemic. That’s why people have rejected it. It is an indication of the things to come. Faith in the Congress is rising. Its vote-share has gone up, while that of the BJP and Samajwadi Party has decreased.
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The teachers` federation alleged that from training to polling, the SEC did not follow the requisite Covid-19 norms anywhere, which has made the situation more frightening.
The teachers` bodies have decided to boycott vote counting for the panchayat elections on May 2.
The Covid-19 protocols will be strictly followed during counting of votes at the district headquarters.
Lucknow: In view of the surging cases of Covid-19 infections in Uttar Pradesh, the UP Teachers` Federation and workers` organisations have refused to be present during vote counting for the panchayat elections. The State Election Commissioner has been sent a letter as an ultimatum by the UP Teachers` Federation to postpone the counting of votes otherwise teachers and staff will boycott it. After this decision by the employees, there is trouble brewing over the counting of votes.
People queue up to cast their votes at Devapur primary school polling booth in Moradabad ANI
LUCKNOW: Voting for the third phase of the panchayat elections in Uttar Pradesh is under way with more than 2.72 lakh candidates in the fray in over 2.14 lakh seats across 20 districts of the state.
According to the state election commission (SEC), nearly 10.27% polling has been recorded till 9am.
Polling is being held in Shamli, Meerut, Moradabad, Pilibhit, Kasganj, Firozabad, Auraiya, Kanpur Dehat, Jalaun, Hamirpur, Fatehpur, Unnao, Amethi, Barabanki, Balrampur, Siddharthanagar, Deoria, Chandauli, Mirzapur and Ballia. Voting started at 7am on a peaceful note. It will continue till 6pm, a state election commission (SEC) official said.