Jharsuguda: Adequate security arrangements are in place to ensure peaceful voting in Jharsuguda Assembly constituency that is scheduled to be held May 10, an official source said Tuesday.
The entire constituency has been divided into five zones. As many as 19 platoons of Odisha Police, 300 constables, 150 home guards and about 100 officers have been deployed, the source informed.
In addition to that, seven companies of paramilitary forces have been stationed to ensure peaceful polling on sensitive booths besides keeping a hawk-eye on 144 booths out of the total 253 booths.
Besides, around 25 mobile parties comprising paramilitary forces are posted to boost the security of the constituency’s entry points, the source added.
On the last day of campaigning – Monday, Biju Janata Dal’s candidate Dipali Das, Bharatiya Janata Party’s Tankadhar Tripathy and Congress candidate Tarun Pandey were seen working their fingers to the bone to seek the support of Jharsuguda voters.
Notably, the assassination of Jharsuguda MLA Naba Kishore Das led to the bypoll. The former Health Minister was gunned down by Gopal Das — then a policeman posted in Jharsuguda — at Gandhi square in Brajarajnagar January 29. 2023.
PNN