PHOTOS: On the road with UP poll staff

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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