Paramilitary forces reach Doda ahead of J&K Assembly polls

Doda: To ensure smooth and peaceful elections in the district, para-military forces will be deployed during the state Assembly polls, District Electoral Officer (DEO) Doda said. “Besides J&K Police, other para-military forces will be arriving for the elections and efficient arrangements for their mobility and accommodation have been chalked out to ensure peaceful elections,” DEO, Doda, SV Meena said during a high level security meeting in Doda.[caption id=“attachment_1792589” align=“alignleft” width=“380”]  Securing Kashmir. PTI[/caption] Meena had convened a meeting of the officers of District Police Doda, Army, CRPF, SSB and Territorial Army in Doda on Friday to assess the overall security scenario for the smooth conduct of the ensuing Assembly Elections in the district, an official spokesman said. The DEO impressed upon the officers to strictly implement the action plan for the security of candidates and polling booths, in coordination with the district administration. Besides maintaining law and order during election campaigning, security of the candidates should be a priority so that people can participate freely in the democratic process, he said. From the security point of view polling stations have been categorised as critical and normal, he said, adding that necessary arrangements for the booths should be put in place keeping in view the sensitiveness of the area. He stressed for better coordination among the forces to ensure free and fair elections. He said joint meetings of all the forces should be conducted frequently at different levels and they should share their inputs so that timely action is taken to deal with any situation. The DEO further discussed deployment plan and logistic arrangements for the security forces being deployed for election duty. During the meeting, a threadbare discussion was held on area domination, patrolling, laying of nakas, deployment of flying squads among others for the elections. PTI