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| Kesri demands implementated of Delimitation Commission before assembly elections | | |
Early Times Report
JAMMU, June 5: Shiv Sena Hindustan has hailed efforts of Union Home Minister Amit Shah pushing for carrying out a delimitation exercise for getting more seats for Jammu region in the state assembly. In a press statement issued here Shiv Sena Hindustan National Vice President Rajesh Kesri said that his party first raised the demand for a delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir in 2008 during the Amarnath land row.
Kesri maintained that on an average, the constituencies in Jammu, area wise, also are bigger than the constituencies in Kashmir. In fact, when we calculate the average constituency sizes, for the Kesri further added that the Governor is competent to constitute Delimitation Commission within the meaning and scope of Section 3 of the Representation of People Act, of J&K as well as under the mandate of Section 47 of the Constitution of J&K. In the absence of the Legislative Assembly or during the Governor Rule in the State, the Governor is fully competent to take all or any decision in other words he enjoys powers of legislature/executive both. The Governor of J&K has every responsibility to uphold the principles of natural justice and rule of law in the state so that any discrimination or injustice with a region on political ground is washed away for all times. Governor of J&K should constitute Delimitation Commission without any delay as he enjoys both executive and legislative powers under President's Rule, said Kesri. |
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