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200 companies of Central forces for Gujarat polls

By Our Special Correspondent

NEW DELHI NOV. 6. Two hundred companies of Central paramilitary forces will be deployed in Gujarat from November 22 in preparation for the Assembly elections on December 12 and another 200 companies are expected to be deployed a week before the election day, the Home Ministry said today.

While announcing the Gujarat elections, the Commission had requisitioned 400 companies of Central forces for free and fair polls. In a statement denying these reports as "totally misleading and baseless", the Home Ministry said it had already ordered the deployment of 200 companies of paramilitary forces from November 22 onwards as desired by the Commission."At no stage had the Home Ministry communicated to the Election Commission its inability to provide adequate number of paramilitary forces and other State armed forces for election duty in Gujarat as per requirements communicated by the Election Commission.''

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