Former bureaucrats& #environmentalists opposed the #AssamGovt order of deployment of 1600 #forest personnel for election duty. They argue the decision contravenes directive of #SupremeCourt& administrative rules of #Election Commission of #India. They expressed concerns over increasing #poaching incidents, which further get aggravate by absence of large no. Of #forest personnel endanger India’s iconic species, #Rhinoceros, which only found in Assam’s #KazirangaPark.
https://www.newindianexpress.com/states/assam/2026/Mar/30/former-bureaucrats-oppose-order-to-deploy-1600-forest-staff-for-assam-poll-duty