Kathmandu, Nov. 28 -- President Ramchandra Paudel, in the capacity of the supreme commander of the national defence force, on Thursday permitted the deployment of the Nepali Army for the March 5 elections.

Paudel acted on the recommendation of the Sushila Karki cabinet. Assessing the sensitivity of the upcoming elections, the Security Council on November 20 concluded that an early mobilisation of the army was necessary to ensure a sense of security for the polls.

The Cabinet on November 24 recommended the President for the decision. He cleared the way for its mobilisation around 100 days before the mid-term elections.

While the army gets mobilised every election, it is being sent out of the barracks more than three months prior to the ...