Aiming at election security, the government has mobilized additional teams from Nepal Police and Armed Police Force (APF) in all seven provinces. The Ministry of Home Affairs has deployed additional teams led by DSPs to SSPs from both police headquarters. They have been asked to return only after the voting is over.

In addition to the security personnel deployed earlier, an additional team has been mobilized for election security. The team has been instructed to submit a report to the center on the implementation status of the ‘Integrated Election Security Action Plan-2082’, security analysis, monitoring, regulation, challenges seen in the field and improvement measures to be adopted, and to coordinate in the field. 

The Armed Police Force has mobilized 23 separate teams led by the SSP. Each team has been assigned the responsibility of looking after 3 to 4 districts, informed Armed Police Force Spokesperson DIG Bishnu Prasad Bhatta. The Police Headquarters has deployed separate teams led by SPs/DSPs in all 77 districts. The police has mobilized up to three central teams in constituencies considered sensitive and highly sensitive from a security perspective and one central team in each of the others. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs has deployed AIG Uma Prasad Chaturvedi of the Department of Works for a few days, keeping in mind the security situation and risks in Madhesh Province. "Security personnel deployed from the center have been asked to return only after the voting is over," said Rama Acharya, joint spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs. "They will coordinate through their mechanisms in the districts and provinces."

Nepal Police and Armed Police Force have focused all their human resources on election security, except for office management and essential work. Stating that activities that affect election security will not be tolerated, the Ministry of Home Affairs has urged the relevant parties to conduct their activities within the scope of the election code of conduct and the law. 

The Ministry of Home Affairs has already established seven election security desks for all seven provinces and deployed seven joint secretaries. The Nepal Army, Nepal Police, Armed Police Force and the National Investigation Department have already mobilized 'martial teams' in plain clothes to monitor and control anti-election activities. 

The House of Representatives elections are being held in a single phase on February 21. As the elections approach, the Ministry of Home Affairs has announced that a strategy has been adopted to deal with the increasing number of provocative statements by rival parties targeting each other during the election campaign, which could disrupt religious and communal harmony, adversely affect election security, and disrupt the election campaign.

Based on the decision of the Central Security Committee and the Central Command Post of the Ministry of Home Affairs, mechanisms at the level of the Home Minister and the Inspector General of both police forces have also been increased to reach various provinces, districts and election centers to gather information about the security situation. After a clash between two parties in Gaur on Saturday that disrupted religious and communal harmony, the administration has imposed a curfew to control the situation.

The UML has become angry after youth supporters of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) burned the UML flag in Tulsipur, Dang during the election campaign. A person walking to an event attended by Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) President Ravi Lamichhane and senior leader Balendra Shah burned the UML flag on Thursday night. The police have arrested Ramesh Rana Magar of Tulsipur Sub-metropolitan City-4 Halwar and Bikram Pariyar of Ward No. 6 Guidehar on Saturday and Buddhi Bahadur Basnet of Ward No. 7 Kawakhola on Friday and have initiated an investigation into the matter.

UML-supported Youth Association activists had taken out a torchlight procession in Kathmandu on Friday evening in protest against the flag burning. Doti UML also took out a torchlight procession on Saturday in protest against the Dang incident. The RPP has condemned the ‘insulting’ behavior of RSP supporters by climbing on the statue of former King Birendra in Dang on Thursday and has also warned against repeating such activities.

During the election campaign, UML and RSP leaders have not stopped making ‘angry and provocative’ statements against each other. At an election rally in Dang, RSP President Lamichhane made provocative remarks targeting UML General Secretary Shankar Pokharel, saying, "The planners to remove me from parliament are here."

UML President KP Sharma Oli, who is contesting from Jhapa-5, on Sunday targeted the RSP and said that its recent activities were a "plan to disrupt the election." Targeting his rival RSP senior leader Balendra Shah, Oli accused the RSP of engaging in undesirable activities right from Damak on the day of nomination. "Everything was boiling, it was said that we will not win, but now they have started burning the flag of another party, looking for excuses, and trying to disrupt the environment," Oli said.

The Congress has demanded the government to create an environment for the election to be held safely and fairly. Congress spokesperson Devraj Chalise held a press conference at the party office in Sanepa on Sunday and demanded the government to ensure that the election is fair, fearless, peaceful and free for the people to vote, saying it is their natural right.