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| Panthers to move bill seeking amendment to section 47 of the state constitution | | | Early Times Reporter
Jammu | Dec 26
In a bid to garner the support of Dalits and cash on the anti-discrimination of people in the Jammu region in the next elections the Panthers Party has decided to move two important bills in the Assembly,during its ensuing budget session beginning from January 7, seeking amendment to section 47 of the state constitution in order to end imbalance in the number of Assembly segments between the Jammu province and the Kashmir valley.
The bill seeking equal number of Assembly seats for the two regions will be moved by the leader of the Panthers Party in the legislative Assembly, Harsh Dev Singh. Singh said here today "imbalance in the distribution of seats between the two regions has been the root cause for political and regional discrimination of the Jammu region, "adding "under the existing structure we cannot expect any justice in the devolution of political power and funds." He said the Jammu region had more area and population than the Kashmir valley but still the former has 37 Assembly constituencies while the latter having 46.
He said that the successive state Governments had "by design" ignored the genuine demand of the Jammuites for increase in the number of Assembly segments." It will be an acid test for the Congress led Government because if it opposed the bill it will falsify its claim on removing regional discrimination." He said what is the rationale behind allotting six seats in Doda district which has an area of 11000 sq.kms when the valley which has an areas of 15000 kms had 40 seats." You have a constituency for Gurez which has a population of 14,000 but for about two lakh people in Jammu west you have only one constituency.
Singh also will move a bill for amendment to the state constitution so that a specific quota in the Legislative Council for the scheduled cast was fixed.He said there is no such provision. The bill will also seek fixed quota for scheduled cast in the council of ministers as the constitution is silent on it. |
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