Temporary police officers deployed for 40 days during the election will receive basic salary, clothing, transportation expenses, and other benefits similar to those received by police constables.
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The relevant bodies are preparing to begin the necessary process by determining the number of temporary police officers for polling stations and election security for the upcoming House of Representatives elections to be held on Falgun 21.
The relevant bodies are preparing after it became apparent that the number of new voters has increased compared to the previous forecast, and the need to increase the 132,000 temporary police officers projected in the Integrated Election Security Plan has been identified. Ananda Kafle, Joint Secretary and Spokesperson of the Ministry of Home Affairs, said that the Nepal Police will start the recruitment process of temporary police officers during the implementation of the election security plan. He mentioned that the number of temporary police officers may increase after assessing the number of new voters.
Nepal Police Central Spokesperson and Additional Inspector General of Police Abinarayan Kafle said that the recruitment process of temporary police officers will start soon through the District Security Committee based on security sensitivity after the Election Commission confirms the polling stations. He informed that the criteria for the integrated security plan and temporary police selection have reached the province and district levels, so the manpower will be clear based on the additional polling stations.
Temporary police officers who will be deployed for 40 days during the election will receive basic salary, clothing, transportation expenses and other facilities like police constables. Kafle informed that the Nepal Police is preparing to deploy more than 71,000 police officers for the election.
The Central Security Committee has prepared a three-phase security plan for the election, including before, during, and after the election. The President approved the mobilization of the Nepal Army on Thursday on the recommendation of the federal government for the election. The police will be in the first circle of the election, the Armed Police Force in the second, and the army in the third, while temporary police will support the Nepal Police.
344,914 new voters have been added through 'biometrics' and 492,180 through national identity cards. With the registration of new voters who have completed the age of 18 in the voting list as of last Kartik 16, the total number of voters has reached 18,168,023.
The commission will make the final voter list public after giving time to correct errors in the details or file complaints. There were 17,988,570 voters in the 2079 House of Representatives and Provincial Assembly elections. At that time, 22,227 polling stations and 141 temporary polling stations were designated in 10,892 polling stations.
