1.6 lakh security personnel needed to ensure smooth conduct of polls, says Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer
The Hindu
Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena says that a posse of around 1.6 lakh security personnel including the forces from the State and Centre is needed to ensure smooth conduct of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the State.
Andhra Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Mukesh Kumar Meena says that a posse of around 1.6 lakh security personnel including the forces from the State and Centre is needed to ensure smooth conduct of the Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in the State.
Pointing out that 1.31 lakh security personnel were deployed for the general elections in the State in 2019, Mr. Meena, during a chat with The Hindu at the Secretariat at Velgapudi on March 14 (Thursday), said that more security personnel would be needed this time due to the ‘new scale’ introduced by the Election Commission of India (ECI) for conducting the general elections.
“At least 3.26 lakh employees including the security personnel will be needed for the conduct for the elections in Andhra Pradesh,” said Mr. Meena.
Referring to the measures to check the illegal flow of money and liquor into the State, Mr. Meena said that cash, gold, silver, liquor, drugs and other material worth ₹142 crore had been seized since January. “We have set up 110 checkposts across the State and along the inter-State border to check the illegal transport of cash, liquor and other material,” he said.
The seizure of cash and other material this time is bigger than during the previous two elections. Cash and other material worth ₹44 crore were seized during the 2014 elections, while material worth ₹75 crore was confiscated during 2019 elections.
There are around 8,600 individuals who have licensed guns. Except for those working in banking and certain other sectors, all private licence holders have been instructed to surrender their weapons to the Police Department.
The Chief Electoral Officer said that critical and vulnerable polling booths are being identified. Once the Election Code is enforced, the actual number of critical booths will be finalised.
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