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They will be transported to the polling booths using government vehicles. It is up to the election commission to decide on it. “Once I get the reports, it would be forwarded to the election commission of India along with suggestions,” Meena said. Kochi: Chief electoral officer Teeka Ram Meena said the election commission would request the Union home department for more companies of paramilitary forces, in the backdrop of threats from left extremists, present in Kannur, Kozhikode, Wayanad, Malappuram and Palakkad.Though the state election commission had sought 149 companies of armed forces, the Centre alloted only 35. “During the previous general elections, we got 55 companies of paramilitary forces..