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| Jammu region entitled to a higher number of Assembly seats: Harsh | | | 
Early Time Report
Jammu, June 10: Seeking early delimitation of Assembly constituencies in the state as assured by the centre as well as state govt in the Agenda of Alliance, a strong contingent of Panther activists led by Harsh Dev Singh Chairman JKNPP and other leaders staged a vociferous protest demonstration at Exhibition Ground Jammu today. The angry protestors while raising anti- govt slogans torched the effigy of the BJP accusing the Saffron party of dilly dallying over the issue of delimitation under pressure of the Kashmir centric leaders. Addressing the media, Harsh Dev Singh said that it was high time that central govt initiated measures for removal of regional imbalances and end of regional bias in conformity with its slogans and elections time promises. He said that delimitation of constituencies which formed a part of the BJP agenda deserved a priority consideration with its passage in the current Parliament session itself so as to pave way for the Delimitation exercise. He said that the exercise of delimitation involved a passage of a bill by amendment of Sec 47 of the state constitution, followed by constitution of Delimitation commission as envisaged under the Representation of Peoples Act with ultimate delimitation process involving delimitation of constituencies, re-adjustment of territorial boundaries, rotation of reserved seats, identification of seats for fresh reservation, reservation of seats as proposed for women etc. Flaying the neglect of the erstwhile BJP govt to take up the Jammu related issues for implementation, Mr. Harsh Dev Singh said that assurances for delimitation and for ending regional bias were not only doled out by the central BJP leadership but the BJP's vision document released during Elections also categorically promised early delimitation of Assembly constituencies in J&K so as to ensure justice to Jammu region with 33% seats reserved for women, five seats for displaced persons of POJK out of 24 seats reserved for them under sec 48 of the State constitution and 3 seats for Kashmir migrants out of 46 seats earmarked for Kashmir. Cautioning the BJP that these promises could only be fulfilled by holding immediate delimitation, he said that any retreat from its bold assertions and professed promises would evoke stiff resistance from the people of Jammu region. |
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