Braving rainy and cold weather, and riding atop buses and trucks, officials carrying out Election Commission's task of holding the seven phase hustings in Uttar Pradesh have a thankless job.

Out on election duty, we take a ride with the officials.

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A policeman deployed on election duty gets ready to leave for his assigned polling station in a school ahead of state assembly elections at Ayodhya

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A polling officer sits next to a truck after collecting the electronic voting machines from a distribution centre

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A polling officer waits for transport after collecting the Electronic Voting Machines

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Polling officers and policemen sit inside a bus as they leave for the polling stations after collecting electronic voting machines from a distribution centre

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A polling officer sits with her child after collecting the electronic voting machines from a distribution centre ahead of state assembly elections in Ayodhya

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Polling officers sit inside a truck as they leave for their assigned polling station after collecting the electronic voting machines from a distribution centre

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A polling officer sits next to the electronic voting machines inside a polling booth ahead of state assembly elections in Ayodhya

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A policeman deployed on election duty applies oil to his hair as he gets ready to leave for his assigned polling station in a school

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Polling officers check electronic voting machines after collecting them from a distribution centre

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