Over 700 schoolteachers working as polling officials in the Uttar Pradesh panchayat elections have died of Covid-19 and more are in danger, with 8 lakh new cases reported in just 30 days around the polls
Jigyasa Mishra is an independent journalist based in Chitrakoot, Uttar Pradesh.
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