Nepal election: 'Operation Seal' for poll security in Midwestern Region
NEPALGUNJ, Oct 27: The Midwestern Regional Police has introduced a special security plan named "operation seal" to make sure that the CA elections are conducted in free and fair atmosphere. With the increase in attacks on election offices and election campaigns in several parts of the country by anti-election parties led by the CPN-Maoist, police are faced with the challenge to create a safe atmosphere for the public to visit the polling station for casting their ballots.
Revealing the security plan here Sunday, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Rajendra Singh Bhandari said that the operation aims to make the anti-election force ineffective by discouraging their activities in the region. The government has already introduced a four-tier mechanism for election security. As many as 10,000 police and 7,000 temporary police would be deployed in every nook and corner of the region, DIG Bhandari claimed. "We have set aside 20 percent of police manpower for office work and the rest 80 percent will be deployed for election security," he added.
Despite security arrangements by police, a number of anti-election activities have been witnessed in the region recently. Political parties opposing the elections have vandalized the vehicles used in campaigning by election candidates while suspicious items including bags, which appear like explosives, have been placed near political party offices. Such items have been placed to cause panic among the public.
The security agencies are aware of the fact that CPN-Maoist leader Netra Bikram Chand has taken the charge to disrupt political parties´ election campaigns and voting in the region. Of the total 33 constituencies in the Mid-Western Development Region, the CPN-Maoist (then together with UCPN-Maoist) had won 27 seats. Among them, 13 winners of the last CA poll are currently in the Biadya-led CPN-Maoist.
"As the scenario is completely different, the CPN-Maoist is trying hard to wield control of the region," said a highly place police officer in the region. The police have intensified their operation with separate strategies for Tarai, Nepal-India border, cities, hills, and rural areas. They will be identifying the groups that intentionally obstruct electoral work and investigate their criminal background.
While the Nepal Army has already been deployed at sensitive places such as key government installations and development infrastructures and airport, police will also be securing those areas, according to DIG Bhandari. The Armed Police Force along with the NA has taken charge in all 15 districts of the region.
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Revealing the security plan here Sunday, Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Rajendra Singh Bhandari said that the operation aims to make the anti-election force ineffective by discouraging their activities in the region. The government has already introduced a four-tier mechanism for election security. As many as 10,000 police and 7,000 temporary police would be deployed in every nook and corner of the region, DIG Bhandari claimed. "We have set aside 20 percent of police manpower for office work and the rest 80 percent will be deployed for election security," he added.
Despite security arrangements by police, a number of anti-election activities have been witnessed in the region recently. Political parties opposing the elections have vandalized the vehicles used in campaigning by election candidates while suspicious items including bags, which appear like explosives, have been placed near political party offices. Such items have been placed to cause panic among the public.
The security agencies are aware of the fact that CPN-Maoist leader Netra Bikram Chand has taken the charge to disrupt political parties´ election campaigns and voting in the region. Of the total 33 constituencies in the Mid-Western Development Region, the CPN-Maoist (then together with UCPN-Maoist) had won 27 seats. Among them, 13 winners of the last CA poll are currently in the Biadya-led CPN-Maoist.
"As the scenario is completely different, the CPN-Maoist is trying hard to wield control of the region," said a highly place police officer in the region. The police have intensified their operation with separate strategies for Tarai, Nepal-India border, cities, hills, and rural areas. They will be identifying the groups that intentionally obstruct electoral work and investigate their criminal background.
While the Nepal Army has already been deployed at sensitive places such as key government installations and development infrastructures and airport, police will also be securing those areas, according to DIG Bhandari. The Armed Police Force along with the NA has taken charge in all 15 districts of the region.
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