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Early Times Report
Jammu, June 23: On eve of the much-publicized meeting of Prime Minister, Narendra Modi with leaders of J&K, Delimitation Commission held virtual meetings with Deputy Commissioners (DCs) across the UT.
Highly placed sources said that the delimitation panel has already sought information from DCs and Wednesday’s interaction was only in this regard.
“Seeking information on the eve of Prime Minister’s meeting attached importance”, sources said and added that delimitation panel was working assiduously to complete the task as early as possible.
Sources said that issue of redrawing Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies of J&K was likely to be discussed in Thursday’s meeting.
It is believed that Union Government is going to expedite the ongoing delimitation process to re-draw Assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the newly carved Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir before holding assembly elections.
The Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir, headed by retired Supreme Court Judge, Ranjana Prakash Desai, was constituted by the Centre on March 6, 2020, to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the Union Territory in accordance with the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which bifurcated the state into union territories of J&K and Ladakh.
According to Section 60 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, "...the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall be increased from 107 to 114...". Out of these, 24 seats are in Pakistan-occupied Jammu and Kashmir (PoJK). So effectively, the seats will go up from 83 to 90.
The elections to the Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be held only after the process of delimitation is completed.
After its constitution, the first meeting of the Delimitation Commission was held on February 18 this year but the same was boycotted by the principal opposition party, National Conference. The meeting was held to seek suggestions/views on the process of delimitation in respect of the union territory.
After boycotting the maiden meeting of the panel, the National Conference has now hinted at participating in the exercise of redrawing assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies.
Recently, National Conference president and former Chief Minister Dr. Farooq Abdullah said that his party is not against the delimitation process in J&K. He, however, said that the method adopted by the Central Government for delimitation of Assembly constituencies is not in tandem with the procedure.
National Conference has three Lok Sabha members in Jammu and Kashmir and all of them are Associate members of the Delimitation Commission along with two Lok Sabha MPs of the BJP. |
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