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BHOPAL: Viral as ‘the woman in blue ’, bank officer Yogeshwari Gohite is stunned by how much attention she is getting for her polling-day pictures. Overwhelmed by the tide of friends requests, she is thinking of hiding her social media accounts.Gohite, who is with Canara Bank, was deputed as polling officer 1 at the ITI polling station in Govindpura, Bhopal, on Sunday. Within moments of her arrival, news photographers zoomed in on her. In the heat and dust of election, she stood out in a blue gown and blue shades, a trendy bag in one hand and a ballot unit in another. Simple and unhindered, she smiled for the cameras. The Net results were stunning. By afternoon, her photos had gone viral. On a day that Bhopal was voting, BJP’s Pragya Thakur and Congress’s Digvijaya Singh weren’t the only ones making headlines.Journalists tried to speak with Gohite, but she denied, pointing out that she was on duty. Yogeshwari’s polling booth, like much of Govindpura constituency, registered 55% turnout. After her poll shift ended, too, she refused to speak to the media. When TOI caught up with her on Monday, she said she was quite surprised by all the attention. Unaffected by the overnight fame, she said: “I dress the way I like. I do not have any fashion role models. A dress should not define a woman. It is our professionalism and work ethics that should matter.”She took a leave from work on Monday, but media crews traced her address in Bhopal. “Everyone wants to take a selfie with me,” said Gohite. “I am getting friend requests by the minute. Soon, I think I will have to make my social media profile hidden and not open to public,” she remarked, adding: “I was only performing my duty.”Gohite joined Canara Bank in January 2011 and is married to Deven Omkar for seven years. Asked what she takes back from her polling day, she said: “In a little way, I am proud I was contributed towards making our democracy stronger.”