Thiruvananthapuram: A total of 14 IAS officers from the state have been declared by observers by the Indian Election Commission (ECI) in five states who will hold a poll.
In addition, 12 companies from police led by two IPS officers will also become representatives of the country to defend the law and order in these countries.
List of IAS officers including the main Secretary (Parliament) of Raju Narayanaswamy, Managing Director of KSIDC MG Rajamankam, Additional Secretary (Higher Education) Veena N Madhavan, Registrar of PB Nooh Cooperative Society, Vr Vinod Food Security Commissioner, Director of Water Service John Samuel, CEO Kerala Maritim Board H Dineshan, Director of Agriculture TV Subhash, Housing District Devidas N, Development Commissioner District (DDC, ThiruvananThapuram) Vinay Goel, DDC (Kozhikode) Anupam Mishra, DDC (Thrissur) Arun K Vijayan, DDC (IDUKKI) Arjun Pandian and DDC (Malappuram) Prem Krishnan S.
Although the officers have become observers, the allotment of the constituency has not been completed.
Uttar Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Goa and Manipur will conduct a poll.
The observer will become ECI’s eyes and ears where they will be deployed, and should submit periodic reports to ECI about incidents related to selection.
At the same time, electoral observers have also issued a set of code of ethics that must be followed.
A total of 12 police officers (1,200 police) – Seven companies to Goa, five people to Uttar Pradesh – have become representatives to ensure law and order during the election.
Two IPS officers – KAP-4 Commander Battalion Vivek Kumar and Kap-2 Commander Battalion Ajith Kumar – each will lead the company to Goa and Uttar Pradesh.
It is based that some of these companies may be employed back to other countries too.