UP Government Lying On Teachers Who Died During Poll Duty: Akhilesh Yadav

President of the Uttar Pradesh Praathmik Shikshak Sangh, Dinesh Chandra Sharma, had earlier said that 1,621 teachers and workers of the Basic Education Department have died since the first week of April

Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav on Wednesday accused the Uttar Pradesh government of lying about the number of teachers who lost their lives during the recent panchayat poll duty to avoid giving them compensation. "To avoid giving compensation, the ruthless BJP government in Uttar Pradesh is now lying that only three teachers have died during election duty while the figures given by the teachers' body is more than 1,000," Mr Yadav said in a tweet in Hindi. "The BJP government is creating a ''world record of big lies''. How would the heartless BJP members realise the grief of these families?'' he further said, and attached a newspaper report. Earlier, president of the Uttar Pradesh Praathmik Shikshak Sangh, Dinesh Chandra Sharma, had said that 1,621 teachers and workers of the Basic Education Department have died since the first week of April following the outbreak of the second wave of COVID-19.