SC Gives Green Signal To Counting of UP Panchayat Poll

SC allows UP election commission to hold counting of votes on Sunday for the rural polls.

The Supreme Court on Saturday, 1 May, allowed the state election commission in Uttar Pradesh to hold counting of votes on Sunday, 2 May, for the rural polls. This, after raising concerns over COVID surge and citing a petition from a teachers' body that said 700 teachers died while they were on duty during the four-phased elections.

A curfew will be imposed in areas near the courting centres and no victory rallies will be allowed in UP after the results are out, the court was assured by the poll commission, which also said that senior officials will ensure that COVID protocol is followed at all the counting centres.