These poll officials are breaking the internet
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Shailvee Sharda & Jamal Ayub TNN
Lucknow/Bhopal:
Two polling officers have become internet sensations after their photographs, clicked while on duty during the Lok Sabha elections, went viral online. They have been flooded with friends request on social media, are being approached by strangers for selfies and TV cameras have chased them home for interviews.
One of them is
Deoria-based Reena Dwivedi (left), who was on duty in Lucknow. A
photograph of her carrying an EVM was clicked by a colleague and posted
online. It soon drew a torrent of response on the internet. In Bhopal,
Canara Bank officer Yogeshwari Gohite (right) had a similar experience
for her polling day pictures.
Dwivedi
says that the best reaction came from her son Aadit, a Class IX
student. “He urged me to make a video call to his friends to make them
believe that the woman in yellow saree is actually his mother,” said
Dwivedi, who joined the PWD in 2013. She has also worked in the
insurance sector.
Two polling officers have become internet sensations after their photographs, clicked while on duty during the Lok Sabha elections, went viral online. They have been flooded with friends request on social media, are being approached by strangers for selfies and TV cameras have chased them home for interviews.
One of them is
Deoria-based Reena Dwivedi (left), who was on duty in Lucknow. A
photograph of her carrying an EVM was clicked by a colleague and posted
online. It soon drew a torrent of response on the internet. In Bhopal,
Canara Bank officer Yogeshwari Gohite (right) had a similar experience
for her polling day pictures.
Enjoying her fleeting
WhatsApp and Tik-Tok moments of fame, Dwivedi said, “I was married
early but I had a career for myself. People are liking me and I am
enjoying every moment of it. Who doesn’t like getting noticed? I am
happy,” the 32-year-old junior assistant in UP state PWD told TOI.
Dwivedi
says that the best reaction came from her son Aadit, a Class IX
student. “He urged me to make a video call to his friends to make them
believe that the woman in yellow saree is actually his mother,” said
Dwivedi, who joined the PWD in 2013. She has also worked in the
insurance sector.
Talking to TOI
on Monday, Dwivedi said, “This is not the first time that I was posted
on election duty. I have served at different centres in Lucknow in Lok
Sabha 2014 polls and 2017 state elections. But a routine snapshot turned
me into a celebrity.”
Reena and her husband Sanjay
would be going back home in Deoria to cast their vote in the final
phase on May 19. “I am a firm believer in Indian democracy. I have never
missed my duty to cast vote,” she said.
Gohite was
deputed as polling officer at the ITI polling station in Govindpura.
Within moments of her arrival, news photographers zoomed in on her. By
afternoon, her photos had gone viral on the internet.
Journalists tried to speak with Gohite, but she denied, pointing out that she was on duty. When TOI
caught up with her on Monday, she said she was quite surprised by all
the attention. “I dress the way I like. I do not have any fashion role
models. A dress should not define a woman. It is our professionalism and
work ethics that should matter,” Gohite said.
She
took a day’s leave from work on Monday, but media crews traced her
address. “Everyone wants to take a selfie with me,” said Gohite. “I am
getting friend requests by the minute. Soon, I think I would have to
make my social media profile hidden and not open to public,” she
remarked.
Everyone wants to take a selfie with me. I am getting friend requests by the minute
From Times of India Delhi 15 May 2019
https://epaper.timesgroup.com/Olive/ODN/TimesOfIndia/#
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