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Was passing by the mustering centre this morning dropping someone for the election duty. Have done this for the last couple of years now. The delegated staff have a list of activities to be performed.
► Be present early in the morning the previous day at the mustering centres.
► Collect EVMs and related materials
► Travel to the assigned booths today in the bus or vehicle given by the govt.
► Stay overnight at the booth with or without basic facilities such as water or bathroom and even a bedroll to sleep. Share the space with insects, mosquitoes and rodents/snakes in worse conditions.
► Wake up, shit and bathe before 5 is there is a bathroom plus water. Else just change into something else.
► Run a mock poll to check the EVMs functioning early in the morning by 6. Report accordingly.
► Start polling. Stay put. Eat if possible. Else just stay.
► Return EVMs for demustering. Return late night tomorrow or day after tomorrow morning.
The manpower for this:
► Cops.
► Men across professions. They cannot shun the duty else they'd have an FIR on them under PRA.
► Women, mothers, ladies all ages. Respect.
► Support staff.
Numbers are HUGE. Operation is respectable and massive.
Do us a favor. Even if you hate your local candidate, just go and cast your vote by sparing a few mins in the line assuming it's some shopping you are doing. Attach pleasure to the end result and motivate yourself.
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Telangana CM urges Amit Shah to increase sanctioned strength of IPS officers in state
Hyderabad (PTI): Telangana Chief Minister A Revanth Reddy met Union Home Minister Amit Shah in Delhi on Wednesday night and urged him to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state in view of its growing administrative and security needs.
The two leaders also discussed the recent surrender of several senior Maoist leaders before the Telangana Police and other issues.
"During the meeting, the two leaders discussed the issue of Maoist surrenders and their rehabilitation. The chief minister informed Shah that significant improvements in policing have taken place in Telangana over the past two years," an official release here said.
Highlighting that 591 Maoists have laid down their arms and joined the mainstream of society during this period, the chief minister said the state government was providing them compensation and rehabilitation assistance as per the rules.
He requested the Union home minister to extend financial support from the central government for development works in the backward regions of the state.
Reddy also urged Shah to increase the sanctioned strength of IPS officers to the state from 83 to 105 in line with the state's growing administrative and security needs, the statement said.
The first cadre review after the formation of Telangana was conducted in 2016, while the next review, due in 2021, was delayed and finally carried out in 2025. Even then, only seven additional IPS officers were allocated to the state, the chief minister informed Shah and requested that the third cadre review be conducted in 2026 as per the schedule.
Reddy explained that Telangana, like the rest of the country, is facing several modern challenges, including cybercrime, drug trafficking, white-collar crimes, and other emerging security threats.
He highlighted the reorganisation of the Hyderabad, Cyberabad, and Malkajgiri Police Commissionerates, the proposed formation of the Future City Commissionerate and the rapidly growing population in Hyderabad to underline the increasing administrative requirements of the state.
