Mehbooba Mufti’s PDP will not attend the meeting with the Delimitation Commission in Jammu and Kashmir, whose four-day visit begins on Tuesday.
The commission, comprising Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai, Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Sushil Chandra and Deputy Election Commissioner Chandra Bhushan, will meet political leaders of national and regional registered political parties. The aim of this interaction would be to collect “first-hand” information about the conduct of the mega exercise to create new constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.
Mehbooba’s stand comes a day after the Gupkar alliance expressed its “disappointment” over the meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi, asking the Center to release political prisoners and “take concrete steps to end the siege”. such as has failed to act on confidence building measures. And the atmosphere of repression that has gripped J&K since 2019″.
In a statement, spokesperson MY Tarigami said the BJP committed on the floor of Parliament with regard to the grant of statehood to Jammu and Kashmir and they should respect it. “Any assembly election should be held only after restoration of full statehood for J&K. For this, PAGD has decided to reach out to other political parties in J&K to take a common position on the issue,” he said.
According to sources, in an important meeting with the regional parties of Jammu and Kashmir, PM Modi said that he wants to remove the “heart and Delhi distance” from the region at the earliest. In an open discussion, which revolves around building a better future for Kashmir, the source said that the PM patiently listened to the suggestions and inputs of all the participants.
Modi said that like the DDC elections, the priority is to conduct the assembly elections successfully. While it was discussed in the meeting that elections could be held soon after the delimitation, sources said most of the participants were open to the idea.
Sources told News18 that the deadline for delimitation of parliamentary and assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir is “not to be missed” this time when the commission members begin their four-day visit to the union territory. The delimitation process is expected to be completed by March next year.
There will be four basic principles for delimiting constituencies – physical features, existing boundaries of administrative units, facilities of communication and public convenience, top sources said.
As per the provisions of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganization Act, 2019, the number of assembly seats in the UT will be increased from 107 to 114. However, practically there will be 90 seats in the UT as 24 seats are occupied by Pakistan. Kashmir. The 2011 census will be the basis for the delimitation. The commission got an extension of one year till March 5, 2022.
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