Aim of Election Commission is to conduct fair and transparent elections- CEO Anurag Agrawal
Preliminary meeting held for the deployment of paramilitary forces and ITBP during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections
Babushahi Bureau
Chandigarh, March 1, 2024 - Haryana's Chief Electoral Officer,Anurag Agarwal, who is also the Chairman of the State Committee formed to oversee the deployment of Central Armed Police Forces during the elections, said that conducting impartial and transparent elections is the motto of the Election Commission.
Accordingly, along with the state's security agencies, companies of Central Armed Police Forces and ITBP are also being deployed. The main objective is to enable people to exercise their voting rights without any pressure.
Agarwal was chairing the meeting in this regard here today. He said that the ECI launches logo and tagline “Chunav ka Parv, Desh Ka Garv” for voter awareness campaign for Lok Sabha Elections 2024. He said that celebrating this festival with joy, peace, and brotherhood is the responsibility of the Chief Electoral Officers of the states.
Information was also provided in the meeting that during the upcoming Lok Sabha elections, 10 companies of Central Reserve Police Force and 5 companies of Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) will be deployed in all 10 Lok Sabha constituencies.
In addition, one company of ITBP will be deployed in each of the Sonipat, Bhiwani-Mahendragarh, Gurugram, and Faridabad Lok Sabha constituencies.
In the meeting, IG Hardeep Doon of Indo-Tibetan Border Police Training Centre Bhanu, Panchkula, Additional Inspector General of Police, Security, CID Saurabh Singh of Haryana Police, DIG of Border Security Force, Punjab Dr. Atul Falzele and Additional Chief Electoral Officer Smt. Hema Sharma, Joint Chief Electoral Officer, Sh. Apurv, besides other senior officers, were also present on the occasion.