Finance
The stage is set for the 2024 General Elections. Tomorrow, on June 4, the candidates’ fates will be determined. The arrangements for the vote counting have come to a close, and the contenders are eager to learn the outcome.
The guarding of strong rooms shall be done in a three-tier manner:
a. First tier, which is the innermost perimeter, shall be CAPF guard. This shall be a 24X7 CAPF armed guard. Minimum one section of CAPF armed guard shall be on duty 24X7. For this purpose minimum one platoon of CAPF shall be provided to guard the Strong Room round the clock.
b. Second tier shall be a guard of State armed Police.
c. Third tier shall be a guard of District Executive Force.
Deployment of CAPF details here:
The Commission has made provision for guarding of EVMS by CAPF. Whenever CAPF are existing as insitu force, the EVM guarding requirement will be taken care of by the existing forces.
The provision is made out of the central pool. In the matter, the Ministry of Home Affairs addressed to the Chief Secretary, the Home Secretary and the Director General of Police of the States concerned has already conveyed the exact number of convoys to be retained.
In the State after the completion of poll for security arrangements of EVM strong room and counting centers till the completion of counting with regard to the States where CAPF is available.
Protocol to be followed to enter the inner perimeter of counting of votes:
No one should be allowed to enter the inner perimeter without following the protocol, as under
a. The log book shall be maintained by the CAPF in which entry should be made about date, time, duration and name(s) of any one crossing the second security ring i.e. the middle perimeter. This includes visits by the Observers or DEOS or SPS or candidates or their agents or any other persons.
b. Video cameras should be provided to the CAPF contingent to record all visits made by such visitors.
c. No vehicle, including that of any official or ministers or any other political functionary should be allowed inside the secured campus where the EVMS are stored. Alighting point for the vehicles should be marked clearly ahead of the outer security perimeter itself; beyond it should be a pedestrian zone only.
The entire country is eagerly awaiting the announcement of the 2024 election results. There is eagerness and anticipation for the outcome.
