IANS/Kathmandu
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Nepal’s Inspector General of Police, Kuber Singh Rana, said he foresees various security challenges, especially arising from the ethnic and regional groups and underground outfits in the upcoming constituent assembly election.
“There will be plenty of security bottlenecks. Some of them may take the form of crimes directly impacting the law and order situation. We have to be well-prepared for that,” said Rana, as quoted by Karobar daily yesterday, Xinhua reported.
“This election will be highly sensitive compared to the previous one. In the past five years, the number of armed illicit groups has alarmingly grown by leaps and bounds,” the police chief said.
“Of late, small ethnic and regional groups have shown their presence in politics. In addition, some parties are boycotting the election. These all factors combined, we may have a tough time maintaining law and order
during election,” he added.
As a measure to tackle these and other unseen hurdles, Rana said the police administration is considering a separate security plan and arrangement for the election, expecting adequate human and physical resources from the government.
On the formation of the incumbent interim election government, Rana said it provides an opportunity for them to conduct the election in a free and fair manner.
Nepal is poised for the second legislative election after the end of 10-year-long armed insurgency in 2006. The first Constituent Assembly election was held in 2008. The Assembly expired on May 27 last year without promulgating a new
constitution.