Bastar's naxal-affected villages will participate in the Chhattisgarh assembly elections for the first time in forty years

 Bastar's naxal-affected villages will participate in the Chhattisgarh assembly elections for the first time in forty years

Assembly elections in the Bastar region of Chhattisgarh will be unique because voters in 40 naxal-affected villages there will have the opportunity to cast ballots for the first time in 40 years.

These naxal-affected communities used to be so hazardous that polling could not be done there without risk.

After 40 years, polling places will be built for voting in 40 heavily Naxal-affected areas.On Saturday, 120 voting places will reopen in these localities.

The Election Commission began the election process in this region with utmost caution after the Naxalite organization's declaration of a boycott.

In these severely Naxal-affected regions, more than 60 security force camps have been created during the last five years.

Since the camps were established, the process of area domination has been ongoing there, and now, according to the police, these locations are sufficiently secure that voting may take place there. The Election Commission has already begun educating the polling parties in preparation for this.

The Inspector General of Police (IGP) of Bastar Division, Sundarraj P, said that the confidentiality forces are doing their best to execute the election process in a methodical way when discussing the preparations made by the security forces for the impending election in Bastar on November 7.

As everyone is aware, the first round of voting in the Chhattisgarh Assembly elections will take place on November 7 in each of the division's seven districts. Regarding the same arrangement, every security arrangement and administrative preparation is under progress. Additionally, we are doing all we can to organize the electoral process from start to finish. And we really hope that this time, everything would go according to plan throughout the electoral process," added IGP Sundarraj.

He continued by saying that initiatives are being taken to reopen certain polling places that were relocated or shuttered as a result of the Naxal issue.

"When compared to the elections in 2018, security will be much higher in 2023. In light of this, some polling places may have already been relocated to the closest police station or camp or shuttered owing to the Naxal issue. All those voting places in those communities are now attempting to be reopened. Due to a security camp being established up in the same village, around 120 voting stations have been recognized, which must once again be done by the whole district administration and police for editing in the village. The final will also be finished in a few days, according to Sundarraj.

We shall make an effort to keep the distance between voters and the voting places as short as possible. Sundarraj said, "so that the greatest number of voters may visit the polling places and cast their vote.

He said, "For security reasons, we cannot disclose the precise number of soldiers being deployed here." in reference to the quantity of soldiers stationed in the region. We already have all the security forces, including the CRPF, STF, ITBP, Cobra, DRG, STF, and other central military units, at our disposal. During elections, we are given extra personnel in addition to the neighborhood police force. Regarding poll security, a thorough security plan has been created, and the district administration and local police administration are putting it into practice.

Election-related processes of all kinds will be handled very methodically. Additionally, a seminar is planned for the local voters. Action is already being taken in the field, including plans for blockage, area domination, and patrols. Additionally, we will strengthen this system's editing in the near future. So that the electoral process on November 7 may be carried out very effectively and methodically," he said.