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Home secretary, CEC discuss security for Gujarat election

In the backdrop of Election Commission's directive to the Centre to make available paramilitary forces for the Gujarat assembly election, Union Home Secretary N Gopalaswami had a meeting with Chief Election Commissioner J M Lyngdoh on Thursday.

Election Commissioners T S Krishnamurthy and B B Tandon were also present during the meeting.

"There is a broad agreement and both sides are satisfied with the outcome of the meeting," EC sources said.

The home ministry on Wednesday said that as many as 200 companies of paramilitary forces would be deployed in the state from November 22, as desired by the EC and further requirements would be met a week ahead of the assembly polls.

"At no stage it [ministry] had communicated to the Election Commission its inability to provide adequate number of paramilitary forces and other state armed forces in election duty in Gujarat, as per requirements communicated by the Election Commission," the ministry had said in response to reports that the Centre was opposed to sending the Central forces.

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