Around 80,000 army personnel have been deployed in the field for election security.
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Chief of Army Staff Ashok Raj Sigdel has directed to effectively manage election security. During an inspection of the Eastern Region Headquarters in Koshi Province and the Central Eastern Region Headquarters in Madhesh and its units, Chief of Army Staff Sigdel directed to carry out election security flawlessly.
Voting is being held in a single phase across the country on 21 Falgun. About 80,000 army personnel have been deployed in the field for election security. According to the integrated election security action plan approved by the Central Security Committee, the army has been given the responsibility of the outer security perimeter for the election.
A security plan has been made to deploy the army in addition to the police and the armed forces to transport the ballot boxes to the counting site after voting. The army, which has been deployed in the outer perimeter for polling station security by setting up temporary bases in 165 constituencies, has been deployed in such a way that if there is any anti-election activity or an unpleasant situation arises, the army can reach the scene within 20 minutes.
About 71,000 police, about 35,000 armed forces and 149,000 election police are deployed for security. Army Chief Sigdel said that it is everyone's national responsibility to conduct the election without fear and instructed to deploy after considering this.
On Tuesday alone, Prime Minister Sushila Karki had inquired about the election security and the work being done with the Ministries of Home Affairs and Defense and the heads of all four security agencies. On Tuesday itself, the Central Security Committee and the Election Commission held a high-level election security committee meeting to discuss election management and security. The next day, Chief of Army Staff Sigdel visited the Eastern Front Headquarters and the Central Eastern Front and took stock of the security situation and gave instructions.
The Nepal Army also said in a statement that during the inspection visit, the Chief of Army Staff took stock of the security situation and overall situation of the upcoming parliamentary elections in the areas of responsibility of the fronts and gave instructions to carry out the assigned responsibilities in the best possible manner.
