Elections 2022
Nepal Police has decided to mobilise 71,693 police personnel for the elections of the House of Representatives and the Province Assembly scheduled for November 20.
The number is around 10,000 thousand more than that deputed for the May 13 local elections.
Central Spokesperson of Nepal Police, DIG Tek Prasad Rai, said the Home Ministry proposed the recruitment of 120,000 temporary police persons for the two-tier elections.
During the May 13 elections, 100,000 temporary police personnel were deputed.
It has been reported that the number of security personnel in the Federal and Provincal elections will be increased while keeping in mind the possibility of the rise in the number of voters and polling centers.
However, the Nepal Police awaits the endorsement of the proposal by the Home Ministry to go ahead with further official procedures for the mobilisation of security forces for the elections.
Prior to this, in view of the polls, the police set up a Central Election Cell headed by Additional Inspector General Sahakul Bahadur Thapa and election cells required at its subordinate offices, and province and district level. It plans to classify the polling stations as general, sensitive, and most-sensitive zones and depute the security workforce accordingly.
It has already demanded 1,494 motor vehicles, over 700 communications sets, and a required quantity of arms from the Ministry for the elections.
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