"We require more paramilitary forces as it is a single phase poll", Karnataka Chief Electoral Officer Anil Kumar Jha told a press conference here today, adding "We require more than 500 companies".
The Election Commission has convened a meeting with senior officials of the Home and Railway ministries in New Delhi tomorrow to discuss the issue, he said.
Jha said a Systematic Voters' Education and Electoral Participation (SVEEP) campaign would be conducted in the State to exhort the people to participate in the poll process, particularly in Bangalore where the poll percentage in the 2008 election was "not that much".
Jha said the model code of conduct has come into force from last evening and the Government would have put on hold all announcements, new works and schemes and "every thing" barring in "emergency cases" such as drought relief and drinking water. "No new work will take-off".
Voters' list is being revised continuously, and 1.65 lakh names have been added to the earlier announced total electorate of 4.18 crore, including 2.04 crore women.
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