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| Delimitation report rekindles hope of installing a popular government in J&K | | | Early Times Report
Jammu, May 5: Finalize its report on the eve of the end of its tenure, the Delimitation Commission has rekindled a ray of hope of installing a popular government in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
After getting two months extension to draft its report, the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission on Thursday signed the final draft of its report. The report is expected to submit the Ministry of Home Affairs this evening.
The completion of the exercise will pave the way for holding elections in the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. This would be the first election in the UT after the abrogation of Article 370 and bifurcation of the erstwhile state of J&K into two Union Territories by the BJP-led NDA government in August 2019.
After getting two extensions, the term of the Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission is going to end on May 6.
On February 21, the Union Government had granted an extension of two months to the Delimitation Commission constituted by it in 2020 to redraw assembly constituencies in the Union Territory.
The Commission's term was to end on March 6, but according to a Law Ministry notification issued on February 21, 2022, it has been extended by two months — till May 6 this year.
The order to give two months extension to the Commission was issued by Diwakar Singh, joint secretary Ministry of Law and Justice. It was granted a year's extension and then another extension of two months in February this year to complete its task, for the term that was to otherwise end on March 6. Headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, the Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir was constituted by the Centre on March 6, 2020, to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the Union Territory. The panel was constituted in accordance with the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, 2019, which bifurcated the erstwhile state into the union territories of J&K and Ladakh. The Commission has Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and the state election commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir as its ex-officio members.
The elections to the Assembly of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir will be held only after the process of delimitation is completed. |
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