NEW DELHI: 3.4 lakh members of the Central Armed Police Forces (CAPFs) have been requested by the Election Commission (EC) to be phased in for the upcoming Lok Sabha and Assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Odisha, and Sikkim. The EC has also made efforts to secure sufficient rolling stocks and all necessary amenities in the trains, guaranteeing a seamless mobilisation and prompt deployment of the forces to carry out election-related tasks.The chief electoral officers of all states and Union territories have requested the deployment of CAPFs for poll-related duties, such as area domination, confidence-building measures, poll day-related duties, guarding of electronic voting machines (EVMs) and strong room centres, counting centre security, etc. during the elections, according to a communication from the EC to the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA). In order to guarantee free, fair, and peaceful elections, the commission has taken into account the recommendations made by the state CEOs and decided to progressively deploy up to 3,400 businesses of CAPFs throughout all states and Union territory, according to the communication. A CAPF company employs about one hundred people. It is anticipated that 920 CAPF companies will be deployed in West Bengal in phases, with another 635 companies in Jammu and Kashmir, 360 in Chhattisgarh, 295 in Bihar, 252 in Uttar Pradesh, and 250 in each of Andhra Pradesh, Jharkhand, and Punjab. The Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the Border Security Force (BSF), the Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), the Sashastra Seema Bal (SSB), and the National Security Guard (NSG) are the CAPFs.
