Shillong, Jan 10: Chief Electoral Officer (CEO) FR Kharkongor has said the state had sought 119 companies of Central forces to deal with the law and order situation ahead of the Assembly polls.
Speaking to reporters on Tuesday, Kharkongor said out of the projected requirement, the ECI and Ministry of Home will deploy 40 companies of which 30 companies have come in the first batch initially and another 10 we have just received information. These 40 companies will be there for area dominance and we are expecting that the remaining companies will also be coming close to the poll dates,” he said.
The official said there are around 700 plus vulnerable polling stations and about 300 plus critical polling stations but that figure is a dynamic. “It is an evolving situation, so that will be changing as we head into the polls,” he said.
The CEO informed that the numbers of polling stations have gone up to 3,482 from 3,082 in 2018 Assembly polls.Of the 21.61 lakh electorate, the female electorate at 10.92 lakh is higher than the male electorate at 10.68 lakh.
