Dispelling doubts of disturbance in border areas during simultaneous Lok Sabha and Assembly elections, Arunachal Pradesh Chief Electoral Officer Chandra Bhusan Kumar today said the state has sufficient paramilitary force and precautions have been taken to ensure free and fair election.
Addressing government officials during an election training here, Kumar said all the officers of the state capital have been placed in a standby position for reinforcement to various districts.
"The decision has been taken in view of simultaneous polling in the state where there is manpower deficit in most of the districts as the earlier plan was for single election. Managing simultaneous elections is a strenuous job hence polling personnel has to be doubled this time," he said.
He assured the officials engaged in the election process of safety and comfort.
"Over 11,000 polling personnel will be required for 2158 polling stations of the state, out of which 674 have no road connectivity," the CEO said.
