New Delhi (Sputnik): Heavy security has been deployed to counting stations across the country as vote counting for the parliamentary elections in India commenced on the morning of 23 May.
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The increased security arrangements brought into action by India can be seen by the fact that some 300,000 personnel from paramilitary forces along with two million state police officials have been pressed into service to guard vote counting stations throughout the length and breadth of the country.
Indian Elections Result Day: Heavy security deployment outside counting stations across the country before vote counting commences #Elections2019 pic.twitter.com/6P9w38F1cY
— Hans Singh (@HansSingh13) May 23, 2019
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The security deployment for the 2019 parliamentary vote was reportedly the largest ever in the history of Indian elections. Around 3,000 paramilitary force companies from the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), Central Industrial Security Force (CISF), Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP), and Sashastra Seema Bal have been stationed to ensure the free and fair counting of votes.
