"The Nepali Army will be stationed inside every polling centre on March 5, and voters will have to cast their ballots under the army's direct presence."

Government and security officials have approved an Integrated Election Security Plan 2082 that does envisage a large security deployment—Republica and the Kathmandu Post put the combined number of personnel from all forces at more than 300,000 for the March 5 polls. However, the official security architecture described by New Business Age and NepalNews is layered: temporary police and Nepal Police secure the inside and immediate perimeter of polling centres, the Armed Police Force forms a second ring, and the Nepali Army is responsible for the outer perimeter and strategic installations. Army personnel may be visible near some polling locations, especially in highly sensitive areas, but the plan does not assign them to manage the ballot inside voting rooms. The claim captures the scale of deployment but distorts its nature in a way that could unnecessarily scare voters.