The second and final phase of polls to a two-tier local self-government bodies including 56 municipalities, 31 district and 230 taluka (tehsil) panchayats will be conducted on Sunday.
In wake of the elections spread across Gujarat, tight security arrangement has been made by the authority to avoid any untoward incident. A total of 193 companies of various police and paramilitary forces apart from around 60000 other personnel of Gujarat police and home guards will be deployed as part of the security.
“47 companies of para military forces, 11 companies of police and border wing home guards from Rajasthan, 10 companies of Maharashra police and five companies of Madhya Pradesh Police have been called, said Gujarat DGP PC Thakur adding that altogether 26 companies of police from neighbouring three states would also be deployed of which 6 would be from Rajasthan Armed Constabulary (RAC), 5 from Rajasthan Border Wing Home Guards (RBWHG), 10 from Maharashtra police and five from Madhya Pradesh Police.
According to Thakur 117 companies of the state reserve police (SRP), 3 companies of the women wing of the SRP, 10 companies of the Indo-Tibetean Border Police (ITBP), 20 of Border Security Force (BSF), 13 of Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) and four of rioting control expert Rapid Action Force (RAF) would also be deployed.