KATHMANDU, SEP 14 – After much haggling, the Cabinet on Friday allowed the Ministry of Home Affairs to recruit 45,000 Myadi (temporary) police personnel for security during the November 19 election.
According to a minister, preference will be given to those who have retired from the Nepal Army, Nepal Police, and the Armed Police Force.
Such a policy, according to officials, will help make the temporary police more impartial and less likely to be influenced by poll-opposing forces. Preference will also be given to people who had applied for jobs in the country