Mehbooba charged that delimitation was a “tactical process of rigging before the elections.”
Tag: Delimitation
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NRC couldn’t but delimitation can safeguard Assam’s future: Himanta
By Express News Service
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the upcoming exercise for delimiting Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies would help safeguard the state’s future for at least two decades.
“The notification issued by the year-end for delimitation is a breakthrough for Assam. We were unsuccessful in NRC (National Register of Citizens). We did not get a desired result through the Assam Accord. But through delimitation, we will be able to safeguard Assam’s future for at least two decades,” Sarma told journalists.
At the same time, he said delimitation will be a “data-based” and “non-political” exercise. According to an Act of the Parliament, delimitation has to be done based on the Census of 2001. This is the mandate of the Act, he said.
“The policy of delimiting constituencies is based on population. The central government told us to control the population. Some people controlled it but some did not. So, should the population be the basis of delimitation? By this, you are actually giving premium to those who violated the (population) policy and punishing those who abided by it,” the CM said.
“When the next delimitation exercise will take place, the Parliament will definitely debate whether areas which did not abide by the policy of population control should be punished or rewarded. I feel this is a matter of national debate. In my view, the population should not be a criterion in delimiting constituencies. There should be other criteria as well,” Sarma insisted.
Asked if there is a population explosion in Assam, he said it could be known after the Census of 2021.
Ahead of delimitation, the state government had on Saturday remerged four new districts with those which were bifurcated to create them. A government notification had said the decision was made for “administrative expediency and in the interest of public service.”
Sarma had said, “This decision is not permanent. This is for a transition phase for administrative reasons and in the interest of Assam keeping in mind its future.”
But the opposition parties opposed it.
The Congress had said the CM demonstrated his “dictatorial” attitude. The party promised to restore the district status to the four places if voted to power in 2026. The Assam Jatiya Parishad had accused the state government of deceiving people. The party said the BJP government had created the four districts for votes.
On Tuesday, the Election Commission had announced its decision to initiate the delimitation exercise in Assam. The 2001 Census figures will be used for the purpose of readjustment of the constituencies.
GUWAHATI: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said the upcoming exercise for delimiting Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies would help safeguard the state’s future for at least two decades.
“The notification issued by the year-end for delimitation is a breakthrough for Assam. We were unsuccessful in NRC (National Register of Citizens). We did not get a desired result through the Assam Accord. But through delimitation, we will be able to safeguard Assam’s future for at least two decades,” Sarma told journalists.
At the same time, he said delimitation will be a “data-based” and “non-political” exercise. According to an Act of the Parliament, delimitation has to be done based on the Census of 2001. This is the mandate of the Act, he said.
“The policy of delimiting constituencies is based on population. The central government told us to control the population. Some people controlled it but some did not. So, should the population be the basis of delimitation? By this, you are actually giving premium to those who violated the (population) policy and punishing those who abided by it,” the CM said.
“When the next delimitation exercise will take place, the Parliament will definitely debate whether areas which did not abide by the policy of population control should be punished or rewarded. I feel this is a matter of national debate. In my view, the population should not be a criterion in delimiting constituencies. There should be other criteria as well,” Sarma insisted.
Asked if there is a population explosion in Assam, he said it could be known after the Census of 2021.
Ahead of delimitation, the state government had on Saturday remerged four new districts with those which were bifurcated to create them. A government notification had said the decision was made for “administrative expediency and in the interest of public service.”
Sarma had said, “This decision is not permanent. This is for a transition phase for administrative reasons and in the interest of Assam keeping in mind its future.”
But the opposition parties opposed it.
The Congress had said the CM demonstrated his “dictatorial” attitude. The party promised to restore the district status to the four places if voted to power in 2026. The Assam Jatiya Parishad had accused the state government of deceiving people. The party said the BJP government had created the four districts for votes.
On Tuesday, the Election Commission had announced its decision to initiate the delimitation exercise in Assam. The 2001 Census figures will be used for the purpose of readjustment of the constituencies.
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J&K delimitation panel shares revised draft report with associate members
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The Delimitation Commission, mandated to redraw assembly constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, on Friday circulated a revised draft report to its associate members incorporating some changes suggested by them.
Five Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir — Farooq Abdullah, Mohammad Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi of the National Conference and Jugal Kishore Sharma and Jitendra Singh of the BJP — are the panel’s associate members.
They had suggested various changes to the earlier draft report of the panel. The panel had met on Thursday and accepted most of the suggestions after due consideration, sources said.
They said the reworked draft incorporating the suggestions was circulated to the five associate members on Friday.
In their objections and suggestions, the members had urged the panel to “redraw” some assembly seats. Their suggestions regarding Habba Kadal seat in Srinagar and Suchetgarh seat in Jammu have been accepted.
The commission has also agreed not to rename Inderwal assembly seat, sources said.
The Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir is headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, with Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and the State Election Commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir being its ex-officio members.
The associate members have been asked to respond to the latest draft in a week’s time.
Later, the commission will put the draft in public domain to get suggestions from people. It was recently given a two-month extension till May 6 to complete its task.
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Delimitation panel on J&K gets two months extension
By PTI
NEW DELHI: The term of the Delimitation Commission, mandated to redraw the assembly constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, has been extended by two months to complete its task.
The panel’s term was to end on March 6, but according to a Law Ministry notification issued on Monday, it has been extended by two months — till May 6 this year.
The panel needed more time to ready its final report, sources aware of the reasons for the extension said. Formed in March 2020, the panel was granted a one-year extension last year.
Headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, it has Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and the state election commissioner of Jammu and Kashmir as its ex-officio members.
In its draft report shared with its five associated members — all Lok Sabha members from Jammu and Kashmir — the delimitation panel has proposed an overhaul of assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies in the Union territory.
Jammu and Kashmir at present has no legislative assembly. It is a union territory with a provision for a legislature.
The Commission has asked the associate members to give their inputs and objections to the draft in the coming days. Then they would be asked whether their objections, if any, should be printed before the next draft is put out in the public domain.
Once people share their inputs and objections, the panel would start working on the final report, the sources explained. Delimitation is the process of fixing limits or boundaries of territorial constituencies in a state or country.
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Panun Kashmir objects to Jammu and Kashmir delimitation exercise based on 2011 Census
By PTI
JAMMU: The Panun Kashmir, an organisation of displaced Kashmiri Pandits, on Sunday objected to the conduct of the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir on the basis of 2011 Census.Its chairman Ajay Chrungoo claimed that the exercise based on the 2011 data will negate the social and political gains made since the abrogation of Jammu and Kashmir’s special status under Article 370 and its bifurcation into union territories in August 2019.
The Delimitation Commission, tasked with redrawing assembly constituencies and carving out new ones in the Union Territory, had earlier said that the exercise would be done according to the Census of 2011.
On the Foundation Day of Panun Kashmir, Chrungoo reiterated its demand for a separate Union Territory for the community.
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Delimitation exercise splits Jammu and Kashmir parties
Express News Service
SRINAGAR: With the Delimitation Commission writing to Deputy Commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir, asking them to share data of voters in their districts and Assembly segments, a division has come to the fore between the BJP and some Jammu-based parties over the process.The BJP strongly supports using the 2011 census as the basis for the delimitation exercise, while some Jammu-based parties are of the view that the process should not be based on the 2011 census. “Since the 2011 census is the latest census, the delimitation exercise has to be conducted as per it only,” a senior J&K BJP leader said.
Jammu-based leader and Dogra Saddar Sabha president Gurchain Singh Charak said the Delimitation Commission should carry out a proper delimitation exercises to carve out new Assembly and parliamentary constituencies. “Today Jammu is not the old Jammu. Half of Kashmir is living here. They have constructed permanent homes here. The commission should take note of it and not confine itself to 2011 census,” he said.
The Delimitation Commission headed by Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai was formed in March last year to carve out more Assembly and parliamentary constituencies in J&K. The commission’s term was extended by one year in March this year.