Here’s all you need to know about UP poll officer Reena Dwivedi, who first went viral in 2019 after she arrived at a polling booth dressed in a yellow saree.
(Left) Reena Dwivedi in a picture from 2019. (Right) Reena Dwivedi’s recent pictures from the polling booth.
Uttar Pradesh poll officer Reena Dwivedi, who came into the limelight after she was clicked wearing a yellow saree during the last Lok Sabha elections, has once again gone viral after a photo of her wearing western attire was shared several times on social media.
Reena Dwivedi, a resident of UP’s Deoria, became an overnight sensation after she was seen in a yellow saree in 2019. The PWD officer is pretty popular on social media, with her Instagram account boasting over 258k followers.
Here’s all you need to know about the UP poll officer:
Reena Dwivedi is posted as Assistant Junior Clerk in Public Works Department (PWD) in Lucknow. She has a son, Aditya Dwivedi, who is a student.
Reena Dwivedi first appeared as a polling officer in the 2019 Lok Sabha elections, after which she became viral on social media. She was also on poll duty in the 2017 assembly elections, and after that she became a polling booth officer in the 2018 Municipal Corporation elections.
After her photo went viral in 2019, Reena Dwivedi also got several Bhojpuri movie offers, but she turned them down as she wants to focus on her son’s study.
On February 22, as Reena Dwivedi stepped out in sleeveless black top and beige pants, netizens were quick to connect her to the poll officer who had gone viral in yellow saree.
When she was asked about the change in her look, she said, “Thoda change hona chahiye (A little change is necessary).”
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