India
pti-Deepika S
New Delhi Mar 03: Special, general and police observers will jointly clear the election security plan and randomisation of state police and central armed police force personnel prepared by a panel of chief electoral officer, state police nodal officer and state CAPF coordinator, the Election Commission said on Wednesday.
In a directive to all states and union territories, the poll panel said it had already instructed that a committee of state chief electoral officer, state police nodal officer and state CAPF coordinator will jointly decide the ‘election security plan’ and randomisation of state police and CAPF personnel.
‘State deployment prepared by the state committee will be vetted by special, general and police observer(s) jointly wherever they have been deputed by the commission.
‘In case any modification in the deployment plan is suggested by the special or police observer(s),…