Home Ministry Assures Tight Security Amid Ongoing Federal Elections

Kathmandu. The Ministry of Home Affairs has stated that the security situation across the country during the ongoing House of Representatives elections remains tight and effective.

Home Minister Om Prakash Aryal and senior officials, including Secretary Rajkumar Shrestha, inspected the control room at the ministry to review the election security situation.

On Thursday, officials from the Central Security Committee visited the control room to receive reports on the security status of the elections nationwide. The Ministry of Home Affairs stated that the situation was assessed based on reports received from various agencies across the country via the control room operated by the ministry's Peace, Security, and Crime Control Branch.

The control room is operational 24 hours a day for monitoring, regulating, and coordinating peace and security to ensure the elections are clean, fair, and free from malpractice. Under the integrated security plan, the Home Election Cell, coordinated by Anand Kafle, Chief of the Security Coordination Division, is also operating from the same room.

Ministry's Joint Spokesperson Rama Acharya (Subedi) told Ratopati that the election security situation is robust and that there is enthusiastic participation from citizens in voting.

Home Minister Aryal directed all staff and security agencies from the control room to make security arrangements even more effective until the final results of the election are announced.