LUCKNOW: The new-found celebrity status of returning officer

is here to stay.

Known as the 'woman in the yellow

', the PWD officer on election duty had made waves overnight during the Lok Sabha elections in May when a picture of her holding an EVM had gone viral.

On Monday, she returned to election duty at Mahanagar Public Inter College in Krishnanagar for bypolls in Lucknow Cantonment.

Pairing a pink and gold designer sari with a black shimmer blouse, Dwivedi proved that her fashion skills were as good as her administrative talent.

Recognised easily due to the stardom she got in May, Dwivedi was the centre of attraction in her workplace-the polling booth.

Photographers and voters jostled to click her picture even as Dwivedi was busy inking fingers and documenting details of voters, working deftly with a bracelet on one hand and a black wrist watch on the other.

Initially reluctant to comment on her 'celebrity status', the 32-year-old later said stardom just happened to her.

"I unintentionally broke a stereotype about government officials that people have created in their minds. Now, wherever I go, people recognize me instantly. The attention has been positive and people have shown love and respect. Even on Andaman & Nicobar Islands, people recognised me and requested for a

," said Dwivedi.

Dwivedi has 4,700 followers on FB, 8,700 on TikTok

Married at an early age, the fitness and dietconscious Dwivedi is a native of Deoria and a doting mother of a 15-year-old boy. She has been working with PWD since 2013 after her husband’s demise.

“My son wants to become a civil servant and I am working to help him realise his dream,” she said. Dwivedi has been a poll officer in the 2014, 2017 and 2019 elections. Due to her good performance, she was picked up again for bypoll duty.

The young officer has 4,700 followers on Facebook and around 8,700 on TikTok. Her five-month-old picture with the EVM has earned over 1 lakh likes on Facebook and Twitter.