The Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force, and National Investigation Department have mobilized separate 'marshal teams' for each province, district, and constituency to manage security for the upcoming elections.

A 'marshal team' has been mobilized from the center to monitor and control activities that adversely affect security and monitor the work done as per the election security action plan.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has mobilized one joint secretary each in seven provinces to coordinate and facilitate with the concerned bodies in election security. They have been assigned as the election desk chiefs of the provinces.

According to Rama Acharya, Joint Spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Suman Ghimire, Director General of the Department of Criminal Assets Management, has been given the responsibility of Koshi, Kali Prasad Parajuli, Chief of the Administration Division, Madhesh, Rishiram Tiwari, Chief of the Internal Management Division, Bagmati, and Suresh Panthi, Chief of the Policy, Planning and Monitoring and Evaluation Division, Gandaki Province.

Director General of the Prison Management Department, Shashidhar Ghimire, has been given the responsibility of Lumbini, Director General of the National Identity Card and Registration Department, Namraj Ghimire, has been given the responsibility of Karnali, and Chief of the Law Division, Krishna Kumar Karki, has been given the responsibility of Sudurpaschim Province.

The joint secretaries deployed will regularly submit reports to the center after analyzing the implementation of the ‘Integrated Security Action Plan for the Election of Members of the House of Representatives’, risks and the situation in the district. They will also coordinate and facilitate with the provincial and local governments and the provincial and district election security committees. The joint secretaries will be able to work from the center and go to the provinces.

The Nepal Army has been deployed in the field for election security since 21 Magh. Nepal Police and Armed Police Force are also being deployed for election security from next week. The National Investigation Department’s human resources have already been deployed to monitor activities that adversely affect the election and are against the code of conduct issued by the Election Commission. 149,090 ‘Election Police’ recruited as ‘assistant human resources’ of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force in election security are also being mobilized from next week after being given basic security training. 

The human resources to be deployed at polling stations are undergoing election training, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs. After completing the training, the human resources of Nepal Police and Armed Police Force will be deployed to the workplace along with the Election Police.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that the human resources to be deployed at the polling stations are undergoing election training. After completing the training, the human resources of the Nepal Police and the Armed Forces will be deployed at the workplace along with the election police. The police have formed their own election cells at the headquarters, provincial and district levels. Arrangements have been made for mobilization with the necessary coordination and participation through the Ministry of Home Affairs, provincial and district security committees. 

The Nepal Army, Armed Forces and the Department of Investigation have also arranged for the security management of the mechanisms at the levels. The Army and the Armed Forces are managing security in the subordinate areas by setting up permanent mechanisms in all 77 district headquarters and, in addition, 165 constituencies as one area-one election base (temporary base camp). They have also arranged for patrolling on four-wheeled and two-wheeled vehicles according to the risk and need according to the 753 local levels and keeping the base at the center. Preparations are being made to secure the elections through long, medium and short-distance patrols.

Police and Election Police are being deployed under the leadership of Nepal Police in the inner perimeter of polling stations and polling centers. Nepal Police and Election Police manpower are being deployed to organize the area where voters line up for voting. An action plan has been made to increase the manpower deployed in the inner security perimeter (polling center) this time compared to the past.

Preparations are underway to mobilize the Armed Police Force as the second security and the Nepal Army as the outer and final security perimeter. There is a policy to mobilize the Armed Police Force and the Army to reach the inner security perimeter where Nepal Police is deployed as soon as possible if there is any security risk. 

Inspector General of Armed Police Force Raju Aryal on Friday directed units across the country to effectively carry out election security responsibilities through a 'virtual' meeting. A meeting of border security officers of Nepal and India was held in Biratnagar on Friday, in which it was agreed to seal the border for 72 hours during the election. The decision regarding the border seal was taken by a meeting of the Armed Police Chiefs of Koshi, Madhesh, Bagmati, Gandaki, Lumbini and Sudurpaschim Provinces and the DIGs of the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB) of the states bordering Nepal on the Indian side. 

The Central Security Committee meeting was held on Friday itself with the focus on election security. In the meeting, Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal decided to control activities that affect election security and misuse of technology, activities contrary to the code of conduct, and activities of anti-election groups and issued a circular across the country for implementation.

About 71,000 security personnel are being mobilized from the Nepal Police for election security. About 71,000 security personnel are being mobilized from the Nepal Police for election security. About 80,000 from the Army and about 35,000 from the Armed Forces have been prepared. The Home Ministry has stated that the security guard of the Army and the Armed Forces will be increased at highly sensitive and sensitive polling stations.  

Out of the 11,901 polling stations scheduled for the election, 4,614 are considered highly sensitive in terms of security. 4,442 polling stations have been placed on the sensitive and 2,845 polling stations on the low-risk list from a security perspective. 

Plainclothes personnel have been deployed from the Army, Nepal Police and Armed Police Force to ensure that there is no security risk while candidates are canvassing for the upcoming elections. 3,137 candidates are in the proportional representation and 3,466 candidates are in the fray. 

A separate mechanism has also been mobilized, considering the weapons looted during the protests on Bhadra 24 and escaped prisoners/thunuwa as the main security challenges. A policy has been adopted to identify separate risks in the Himalayas, hills, Terai and valleys and mobilize security personnel accordingly.