As many as 12 out of the proposed 43 Assembly constituencies of the Jammu region are likely to be reserved for Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes leaving only 31 Open seats in the region while among 47 segments proposed for Kashmir, only four might be reserved.
“As there is virtually no population of Scheduled Castes in Kashmir division, all seven seats reserved for the SCs will fall in Jammu region. The population of Scheduled Tribes is also slightly more in Jammu as compared to Kashmir and since the Delimitation Commission has fixed population as criteria for reservation of constituencies, five ST seats are likely to be reserved in Jammu and four in Kashmir division,” Daily Excelsior quoted unnamed sources saying.
In its meeting on December 20, the Delimitation Commission had briefed the Associate Members that seats for both SCs and STs will be reserved taking the population of the constituencies into account. However, the segments which were reserved for the SCs in last Assembly will be de-reserved.
The Delimitation Commission is yet to announce Assembly constituencies that will be reserved for SCs and STs in the Jammu Kashmir Legislative Assembly. The Panel is likely to make formal announcement in the draft report.
In the previous Assembly, seven seats reserved for SCs include Chhamb, Domana and RS Pura in Jammu district, Hiranagar in Kathua district, Chenani in Udhampur district, Samba and Ramban.
“All these seats are likely to be de-reserved,” sources said.
As far as nine seats to be reserved for Scheduled Tribes are concerned, their population is around 60 percent in Jammu division and 40 percent in Kashmir valley.
While seven SC seats are certain to be reserved in Jammu and five of STs if population is taken as sole criteria for reservation, a total of 12 Assembly constituencies will be reserved in Jammu division leaving 31 open seats only.
Kashmir will, however, have 43 Open seats if four segments are reserved for STs.
The STs have sizeable population in Kangan, Pahalgam, Kokernag and Bandipora Assembly constituencies in the Valley.
There were reports that the Central Government was considering reservation of two seats for Kashmiri Pandits in the Valley but there has been no official word on this as yet.
A total of 16 seats have so far been reserved in the Legislative Assembly–nine for STs and seven for SCs leaving 74 Open seats. Over and above 90, there will be two seats reserved for the Women, which was case in the last Assembly as well.
Reserved seats had to be rotated after every two terms. However, in Jammu and Kashmir, seven seats reserved for the Scheduled Castes were not rotated for four terms including 1996, 2002, 2008 and 2014 elections. The seats will be rotated now by the Delimitation Commission.
The Delimitation Commission has invited suggestions on its proposals for increasing six Assembly seats in Jammu and one in Kashmir from the Associate Members till December 31.
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