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| Six days after APM Delimitation Commission decides to visit JK, four day visit from July 6 | | |
Jehangir Rashid
Early Times Report
SRINAGAR, June 30: Six days after the All Party Meeting (APM) on Jammu & Kashmir chaired by Prime Minister, Narendra Modi the Delimitation Commission has decided to visit the union territory. The four day visit would start on July 6 and it would culminate on July 9.
A handout issued by the Press Information Bureau (PIB) said that today the Delimitation Commission under the Chairpersonship of Justice (Retd.) Ranjana Prakash Desai, in the presence of Sushil Chandra, Chief Election Commissioner has decided to visit the Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir from 6th July, 2021 (Tuesday) to 9th July, 2021 (Friday).
“During this period, the Commission will interact with political parties, public representatives and Union Territory administration officials including District Election Officers/ Deputy Commissioners of 20 districts of the Union Territory to gather first-hand information and input concerning the on-going process of delimitation as mandated under the Jammu & Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019,” said the handout.
The Delimitation Commission was constituted in March 2020 and its term was extended by another year in March 2021 in view of the on-going pandemic. Third Member of the Commission is the State Election Commissioner of Union Territory of Jammu & Kashmir. The Commission also has five Associate Members nominated by the Speaker, Lok Sabha.
The Commission already had a series of meetings related to data/ map of the Districts/ Constituencies related to census 2011. Earlier, it invited all Associate Members for interaction, which were participated by two of the Associate Members. Number of representations has also been received on various aspects concerning delimitation from civil societies and members of the public from the Union Territory.
The Commission has already taken note of all such suggestions and directed that these may be deliberated further in the context of ground realities concerning delimitation. The Commission expects that all stakeholders will cooperate in this endeavour and will provide valuable suggestions so that the task of delimitation is completed timely.
It would be in place to mention here that in the APM held on June 24 the focus remained on assembly elections and the delimitation process. Both the Prime Minister and Home Minister, Amit Shah had urged the leaders of different political parties to take an active part in the delimitation process so that assembly elections are held at the earliest in the union territory of Jammu & Kashmir. |
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