Panchayat polls under Covid-19 shadow

20 DISTRICTS VOTE IN SECOND PHASE

Polling for the second phase of the l panchayat election in 20 districts, including Lucknow, ended under watertight security arrangements, on Monday. Reports of violence, false voting and manhandling have come in from many places across the state. In Lucknow, polling was held in eight development blocks. Voting was done at 1,776 polling booths in 641 voting centres

HT Women voters, all in mask, queue up outside a polling centre in Lucknow on Monday.