President Vidyadevi Bhandari has given approval to mobilize Nepal Army for the upcoming local level election security. Elections are being held in one phase all over the country .

In a statement issued today , Sagar Acharya, spokesperson of the President’s Office, said that Prime Minister Sher Bahadur Deuba had recommended to President Bhandari for the approval to mobilize the army for the election. In order to conduct the election in a free, fair and fearless environment, a meeting of the Central Security Committee chaired by Home Minister Bal Krishna Khand passed the ‘Local Level Election Integrated Security Plan-2078’ with the deployment of Army, Police, Armed Police force, National Investigation Department and temporary police. Accordingly, a blueprint has been drawn up for the integrated and coordinated operation of the security agencies.

Following the decision of the Security Committee meeting, the National Security Council meeting had recommended to the Council of Ministers to mobilize the army . Following the same decision, Prime Minister Deuba had recommended to President Bhandari for approval of the mobilization of the army for election security purposes with the approval of the Council of Ministers.

With the approval of President Bhandari to mobilize the army, the way has been opened for the deployment of the army for security at 753 local levels.