Agents of rival political parties engage in jolly banter and share food
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COIMBATORE: A bonhomie can be born between arch rivals when they spend time in close quarters and share tough times together. This is true for agents of different political parties, who are appointed to monitor strong rooms, where Electronic Voting Machines (EVMs) are kept after elections. EVMs used for the elections to the Assembly constituencies in Coimbatore district were moved to the strong room set up at Government College of Technology (GCT) after the April 6 polls.
The political parties and independent candidates deputed their agents to monitor the room. A three-tier police security and CCTV cameras too monitor the room 24x7 till the counting day (May 2). Even if the political parties the agents are associated with are arch rivals, the scene at the counting centre is quite different. The agents say they keep the political rivalry away, engag
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Coimbatore: More than 300 cops have been deployed at the counting centre at Government College of Technology (GCT) on Thadagam Road to protect the electronic voting machines (EVM) stored there. As many as 150 CCTV cameras have also been installed there.
While 45 personnel from the Tamil Nadu Special Police (TSP) and 72 from the Coimbatore city armed reserve police are deployed on three shifts, 80 central armed police forces (CAPF) personnel are guarding the 10 strongrooms where the EVMs are kept. As many as 108 personnel from the Coimbatore city police are deployed in the outer periphery of the counting centre. Bomb detection and disposal squad (BDDS) personnel are also present there.