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| Delimitation Commission proposal: Jammu annoyed, Kashmir unhappy | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, Dec 21: The proposal of the Delimitation Commission to increase six seats for Jammu province and one seat for Kashmir Valley has triggered fresh controversy as neither people of Jammu nor politicians of Kashmir are happy with the suggestions of the panel.
People of the Jammu region were expecting that the Delimitation Commission would end 75-year-old political discrimination with them. But, the Delimitation Commission, constituted by the BJP led government, has once again ignored the Jammu region by not equalizing assembly seats as par with Kashmir Valley.
Although officially BJP leaders have maintained a guarded silence, the majority of the Saffron Party leaders are unhappy with the proposal of the Delimitation Commission.
All Jammu-based parties were hoping that the Delimitation Commission would equalize assembly seats with Kashmir Valley to maintain the political balance but to no avail.
The Peoples’ Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) outrightly rejected the recommendations of the panel.
The PAGD termed recommendations of the panel as “divisive” and vowed to oppose it tooth and nail.
“We will hold a peaceful protest demonstration in Srinagar on January 1, 2022, against the proposal of delimitation commission”, spokesperson of PAGD M Y Tarigami during a press conference after meeting of Gupkar Alliance.
“We want peace and do not want any confrontation with any institution or government. However, we will raise our voice for the defence of legitimate rights of the people in a peaceful manner and have decided to hold a peaceful demonstration in Srinagar on January 1 against the proposal put forward by the Delimitation Commission as in our view the draft is unacceptable to the people and all communities,” M Y Tarigami said.
The PAGD spokesperson said that many political parties and individuals have already challenged what he called, “illegal and unilateral”, decisions of the Union Government to abrogate articles 370 and 35-A and bifurcations of Jammu and Kashmir into two Union Territories (UTs) in the Supreme Court.
“Instead of setting up Delimitation Commission on the basis of Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, the Union Government should wait for out of Supreme Court’s decision”, he said.
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 erstwhile state into union territories of J&K and Ladakh.
To involve the people of Jammu to oppose recommendations of the Delimitation Commission, Tarigami informed that the PAGD has decided to use every opportunity and every forum and will reach the people of the country, leaders of political parties.
“We will reach out to all political parties including those who do not agree with them, and make them understand the pain we are going through by trampling of our rights which have very serious implications for the country,” he said.
Reports said that during a meeting with the associate members on Monday, the Commission informed that out of seven seats increased in the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir (from 83 to 90), six have been proposed for the Jammu region and one for the Kashmir division.
As per the Delimitation Commission’s proposal, Kashmir will now have 47 Assembly seats and Jammu 43.
In 1995 delimitation, Jammu’s seats had gone up from 32 to 37, Kashmir’s from 43 to 46 and that of Ladakh from two to four while total of J&K had increased from 76 to 87. |
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