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NHRC forms high-level polls monitoring committee
The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday formed a high-level monitoring committee under the leadership of its Chairman Anup Raj Sharma to make the task of monitoring local level elections more effective and trustworthy.The National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday formed a high-level monitoring committee under the leadership of its Chairman Anup Raj Sharma to make the task of monitoring local level elections more effective and trustworthy.
Former Chief Justice and NHRC former Chairman Kedarnath Upadhyay, former Speaker Damannath Dhungana, former election commissioner Birendra Mishra, Surya Dhungel and advocate Mira Dhungara are in the committee, according to a NHRC statement issued on Friday.
Meanwhile, NHRC officials, Home Secretary and chiefs of security agencies held a meeting today to discuss security arrangements for the local level elections.
Saying that the role of security agencies would be important to make the elections peaceful and human-right friendly, NHRC Chair Sharma urged the heads of security agencies to make the security arrangements effective, read the statement.
He further said the voting process would only be credible and successful only if the voters feel confident about security arrangements.