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Areas to be classified as red, yellow, green during polls: CEC

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EC meeting with law enforcement agencies at the EC office in Agargaon on 27 November 2025.

Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) AMM Nasir Uddin said special measures will be taken in high-risk areas during the upcoming national polls.

“Deployment will follow red, yellow, and green zone classifications, with the final strategy to be confirmed,” he said in a meeting with law enforcement on Thursday.

The meeting at the EC office in Agargaon of the capital, chaired by the CEC, included election commissioners, the home secretary, EC secretary, and chiefs of major forces and intelligence agencies. This follows an inspection of a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) election drill of Wednesday.

Officials discussed deployment plans, field coordination, situation updates, and areas requiring improvement. Abdur Rahmanel Masud told the media that preparations and future measures before the election were the main focus.

The EC has decided to install CCTV cameras at polling centres considered high-risk. Meeting documents state the goal is to ensure peaceful voting by identifying anyone attempting to create disorder and taking swift action. The home ministry will handle CCTV arrangements, as per previous coordination decisions.

Invitations were sent to heads of law enforcement agencies. Around two dozen issues were discussed, including security during the announcement of the polls schedule, recovery of illegal arms, and budget allocations for forces. Preventing illegal arms use, banning public display of legal weapons, increasing forces at returning officer offices, and removing posters and banners nationwide were priority issues.

Ensuring safety of polling officials and centres, protecting minority communities, coordinating inter-agency operations, and securing transport of election materials were also highlighted. Plans include helicopter support in remote hilly areas, acting on intelligence reports, enforcing election laws, and providing security for foreign journalists and observers.

Controlling illegal intrusions, securing postal voting, blocking misinformation on social media, banning drones in polling areas, and other surveillance measures were also discussed.

Around 13 crore voters will cast ballots at nearly 43,000 polling centres with about three lakh booths. Over seven lakh law enforcement personnel will be deployed, including 5.5 lakh Ansar and VDP members on centre duty and more than 90,000 armed forces personnel.

A mock voting event is scheduled for 29 November, followed by an inter-ministerial meeting on 30 November. The EC is preparing to announce the election schedule in the first week of December, with both polls expected on the same day in the first half of February. More days for nomination scrutiny are being planned.

Source: The Business Standard