Why didn’t High Court put Uttar Pradesh panchayat polls on hold?

Why is it that the UP polls stand out? Because the high court through an order on May 7 put it on record that the state election commission had informed of 77 suspected Covid-19 deaths of polling officials from 28 districts. This is a big number and it was in response to media reports that some 135 polling officials, mainly teachers and social workers, had died from Covid-19 ostensibly contracted while discharging their election duties.

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