Preparations for by-elections in Bajhang complete, 1,500 security personnel mobilized

Preparations for voting have been completed in all 93 polling stations in 74 polling stations under State Assembly Constituency No-1. Prakash Bahadur Singh, Information Officer of the Office of the Chief Electoral Officer, said that the work of hanging the rope at the polling station, distributing identity cards to the party representatives and giving information about the code of conduct related to voting has been completed. "All the preparations for the polling center management have been completed for Saturday's voting," said Singh. He said that 465 employees have been deployed in all polling stations for management.

Chief District Officer Vishwamitra Kuinkel said that more than 1,500 security personnel have been mobilized for the security of polling stations and voters. Kuinkel said that according to the security committee's analysis, 23 polling stations are highly sensitive, so security has been managed accordingly. "Looking at the security sensitivity, seven to 15 policemen have been assigned to a polling station," he said. He said that security arrangements have been made so that security personnel from Nepal, Police, Armed Police, Nepali Army and National Investigation Department work in a coordinated manner. Senior Superintendent of Police Dilliraj Bista and Superintendent of Police Prem Basnet have also reached Bajhang to monitor security preparations.

Chief of the District Police Office, Bharat Shah said that necessary vehicles and security arrangements have been made for the ballot box headquarters Orsan as well. He said that preparations have been made to transport the ballot boxes of Kanda, Dhuli and Nyuna centers of Saipal Rural Municipality by helicopter and bring them to other centers by road vehicles.

There are 11 candidates in the election contest in Bajhang Pradesh Sabha Constituency No-1 for the by-election.

After the death of Prithvi Bahadur Singh, a member of the Provincial Assembly who was elected on behalf of the Nepali Congress in the 2079 election, a by-election is about to be held here. There are 61 thousand 748 voters in this constituency.

Polling staff and security personnel managing the Bal Mandir Basic School polling station located in the headquarters of Chainpur. Photo: Vasant Pratap Singh.