Srinagar: The People’s Conference (PC) led by Sajjad Lone, CPI(M) and JK Awami National Conference (ANC) on Sunday criticized it. delimitation commissionDraft report proposing to reset the limits of Meeting And Lok Sabha constituency in Jammu and Kashmir,
A PC spokesperson alleged, “The delimitation exercise was an attempt to oust and deprive the people of Kashmir from power… It looks like an exercise of disruption.”
“Irrationality is an ugly and sad constant in delimitation exercise,” he said and questioned the proposed constitution of a parliamentary Constituency comprising the two regions of South Kashmir and Rajouri.
“The residents of these two areas have completely different aspirations, the problems and challenges they face are completely different, the topography is different and yet for reasons best known to the Commission they have actually The two separate constituencies have been merged to form one parliamentary constituency. They said.
The National Conference, Congress and National Panthers Party (NPP) had earlier criticized the draft report.
Responding to the recommendations, CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami said they were inconsistent with the Commission’s earlier logic of taking into account the topography and difficult terrain while re-mapping the constituencies.
He alleged, “The Commission, which was to function as an independent constitutional authority, is seen only as furthering the interests of a particular political party for electoral gains.”
He said the CPI(M) has already made it clear that the party does not like the draft proposal of the commission and has itself moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Reorganization Act under which the delimitation process has been initiated.
, “The CPI(M) in its present form rejects the proposal and insists that the draft recommendations are prejudicial to the larger interests of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, which may endanger regional unity,” Tarigami said.
JK Awami National Conference (ANC) president Khaleda Shah claimed that there is no one to accept the report anywhere in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that the exercise of delimitation cannot be done in the absence of legislature or elected government.
“This exercise is illogical, unfair and rejected by the people and across party lines. The people of Jammu and Kashmir will not allow the delimitation exercise to succeed, irrespective of region or religion,” he said.
A PC spokesperson alleged, “The delimitation exercise was an attempt to oust and deprive the people of Kashmir from power… It looks like an exercise of disruption.”
“Irrationality is an ugly and sad constant in delimitation exercise,” he said and questioned the proposed constitution of a parliamentary Constituency comprising the two regions of South Kashmir and Rajouri.
“The residents of these two areas have completely different aspirations, the problems and challenges they face are completely different, the topography is different and yet for reasons best known to the Commission they have actually The two separate constituencies have been merged to form one parliamentary constituency. They said.
The National Conference, Congress and National Panthers Party (NPP) had earlier criticized the draft report.
Responding to the recommendations, CPI(M) leader Mohammad Yusuf Tarigami said they were inconsistent with the Commission’s earlier logic of taking into account the topography and difficult terrain while re-mapping the constituencies.
He alleged, “The Commission, which was to function as an independent constitutional authority, is seen only as furthering the interests of a particular political party for electoral gains.”
He said the CPI(M) has already made it clear that the party does not like the draft proposal of the commission and has itself moved the Supreme Court to challenge the Reorganization Act under which the delimitation process has been initiated.
, “The CPI(M) in its present form rejects the proposal and insists that the draft recommendations are prejudicial to the larger interests of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, which may endanger regional unity,” Tarigami said.
JK Awami National Conference (ANC) president Khaleda Shah claimed that there is no one to accept the report anywhere in Jammu and Kashmir.
He said that the exercise of delimitation cannot be done in the absence of legislature or elected government.
“This exercise is illogical, unfair and rejected by the people and across party lines. The people of Jammu and Kashmir will not allow the delimitation exercise to succeed, irrespective of region or religion,” he said.
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