JAIPUR: The state home department has made elaborate security arrangements for the election of Ajmer mayor and chairpersons in 86 other urban local bodies to be held on Sunday. The polling will be from 10 am to 2pm. Three chairpersons have already been elected unopposed.
The elections for 90 urban local body polls spread in 20 districts were held on January 28 and result was declared on January 31. The state has deployed heavy police at all 20 districts where the poll for the top post will happen.
The main contest is between the ruling Congress and the BJP. Both the parties have claimed to form their boards in 45 plus local bodies with the help of Independents and smaller parties. “We have made three-layered security arrangements—voting area, its outer area and city in our division. The police have instructed to regulate movement of any assembly related to the polls,” said Satya Veer Singh, IG Udaipur Police.