Lucknow: In view of the surging instances of Covid-19 infections in Uttar Pradesh, the UP Teachers` Federation and staff` organisations have refused to be current throughout vote counting for the panchayat elections. The State Election Commissioner has been despatched a letter as an ultimatum by the UP Teachers` Federation to postpone the counting of votes in any other case academics and employees will boycott it. After this resolution by the workers, there’s bother brewing over the counting of votes.
The academics` federation alleged that from coaching to polling, the State Election Commission didn’t comply with the requisite Covid-19 norms anyplace, which has made the state of affairs extra horrifying. The federation has launched a listing claiming that almost 706 academics and employees engaged in election duty have misplaced their lives due to Covid-19 an infection, with numerous academics nonetheless battling the illness.
There is no details about how many individuals within the households of those Covid-hit academics have been contaminated so the counting of votes to be held on May 2 needs to be halted.
According to the academics` leaders, on April 12 the academics` union had urged the State Election Commission to comply with the requisite pointers for defense in opposition to Covid-19 earlier than the state native physique elections, however no preparations had been made. Teachers and employees had been despatched on ballot duty on the time of the pandemic with out precautionary measures due to which numerous academics and employees had been contaminated with the virus.
Harikishor Tiwari, President of State Employees` Joint Council; Kamlesh Mishra, President of State Employees Federation, Indira Bhawan, Jawahar Bhawan Employees Federation and State Employees Federation President, Satish Kumar Pandey, Class IV Employees Federation Chairman, Ramraj Dubey, together with leaders of a number of organisations, stated after digital interplay on Friday that Covid-19 continues to wreak havoc within the state. Expressing anger on the state authorities`s “anti-teacher” method, these academics` our bodies have determined to boycott vote counting for the panchayat elections on May 2.
The leaders say that the whole election course of within the state was occurring opposite to the Covid-19 pointers so increasingly more academics obtained contaminated throughout election duty. Numerous academics and employees have died. Thousands of academics and employees have been contaminated with the virus who’re present process remedy and are in self-quarantine at their properties. Despite Covid, assigning them duty for the vote counting is placing their lives in peril. The assembly was moderated by the Council`s General Secretary, Shiv Baran Singh Yadav.
The Covid-19 protocols shall be strictly adopted throughout counting of votes on the district headquarters. On behalf of the State Election Commission, all District Magistrates have been instructed to strictly comply with the 13-point pointers for the counting of votes.
Local our bodies have been requested to take particular care of hygiene and the Health Department should preserve medical preparations. S.Ok. Singh, Special Officer, has issued pointers on behalf of the State Election Commission.
