20 companies of Central forces to monitor bypoll
The Hindu
The Election Commission has deployed 20 companies of Central para-military forces to prevent any untoward incident during the byelection to Huzurabad Assembly constituency slated for Saturday.The Comm
The Election Commission has deployed 20 companies of Central para-military forces to prevent any untoward incident during the byelection to Huzurabad Assembly constituency slated for Saturday.
The Commission deployed 32 micro observers as well as six engineers to attend to the technical glitches if any encountered by the electronic voting machines. Polling would be held from 7 am to 7 pm and voters should follow COVID-19 protocols while coming to cast vote, Chief Electoral Officer Shashank Goel said.
The CEO said all arrangements had been made for peaceful conduct of the bypoll. The constituency reported 84.5 per cent voting in the previous elections in 2018 and the Commission was hopeful that the voting percentage would increase this time.