EC makes elaborate security for first phase LS polls in 8 UP seats today
The 8 seats where polling would be held in the first phase include Saharanpur, Bijnor, Kairana, Muzaffarnagar, Nagina, Moradabad, Rampur, and Pilibhit.
To review the security situation in Jammu and Kashmir, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh is arriving today on a two-day visit.
According to the sources, Mr Singh will also visit various forward areas and review the preparedness of the army deployed on the country’s defence.
Besides, senior commanders of the army will brief him about the overall security situation in the hinterland and the Line of Control (LoC).
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The sources stated, “The defence minister will be apprised about the situation along the LoC and the International Border (IB).”
He will also review the implementation of the ceasefire agreement signed by the two armies (India and Pakistan) in 2003 and renewed at the DGMOs meeting between the two countries in February last year, added the source.
Following recent innocent killings by the terrorists in the Valley, security forces have intensified anti-terror operations.
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