Dear Madam,
No, this is absolutely against the law. In fact, the law states that from 10 weeks before your due date, you do not have to do arduous work, stand for long hours or be asked to do any other work that may cause physical problems.
Mothers of small children and pregnant employees would be exempted from the election duty.
District electoral officer Siddharth Komal Pardeshi assured a delegation of woman employees, who have been deployed in the election duty, led by Chhattisgarh Rajya Karmachari Sangh state president Virendra Namdev and state general secretary Puran Singh Patel, that if poll duty has been given to any woman having a child of up to 9 months and pregnant woman employee, would immediately be relieved from the duty, on getting application from such employee. Because, such instruction has been given by the election commission.
If any employee, the marriage of his/her children were scheduled to be solemnized during the election period, on getting application, they would also be relieved from the election duty. In a memorandum submitted to the district electoral officer, the delegation urged to cancel the election duty of the women employees working in the Raipur Municipal Corporation area, who have been given duty at Aarang, Abhanpur, Dharseenva and Balodabazar district and looking to their physical and mental problems, they should be given duty in Raipur Rural, North, South West assembly constituencies.