It has been proposed to recruit 120,000 temporary police officers for the House of Representatives and State Assembly elections to be held on November 20.

The police head office has submitted a proposal to the Ministry of Home Affairs for the recruitment of temporary police officers for election security with a 40-day term/contract period. As the ballot boxes of the House of Representatives and the State Assembly are separate, it is necessary to hire more temporary police than in the local level elections, and accordingly, the number has been determined and a proposal has been submitted to the Ministry of Home Affairs, said the police chief Dhiraj Pratap Singh.

The police head office also said that the temporary police and ex-security personnel employed in the previous elections will be given first priority. It is also said that the facilities of the security personnel to be deployed in the upcoming elections will be determined based on the local elections. In the local elections, the facility was determined to provide a lump sum of 30 thousand 240 rupees for 40 days. 6 thousand rupees for clothing allowance, 7 thousand 200 rupees for food allowance and 1 thousand rupees for one time transport fare. But since the salary of all national service employees has increased by 15 percent from 1st of Shrawan, it has been mentioned that the salary of temporary police can also be determined accordingly.

Meanwhile, for election security, Nepal Police and Armed Police have formed election cells from the center to the district level, while the Nepali Army has also said that the work of security preparation and management has progressed. In addition, the Ministry of Home Affairs has formed a mechanism consisting of representatives of all four security agencies under the coordination of Chief of Security and Coordination Division Fanindramani Pokharel to prepare the draft of the Election Security Action Plan. The Election Commission has also formed a high-level committee for election security under the coordination of Commissioner Ishwari Paudel. The same committee will coordinate and facilitate election security management with the Ministry of Home and Defense and the heads of all four security agencies.