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‘First Paper Ready’- Delimitation Commission may seek representation for Kashmiri Pandits; Reservation for STs

By News Desk

December 20, 2021

The delimitation panel, created after the abrogation of Article 370 has nearly finished its first paper- a draft proposal for allocation of constituencies.

According to sources, the draft of redrawing assembly segments in Jammu Kashmir will be presented by the commission in the important meeting that is scheduled on Monday.buy nolvadex online https://www.facebeautyscience.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/new/nolvadex.html no prescription

According to a report, the commission has proposed to increase the number of seats from 83 to 90. Kashmiri scheduled tribes will be given special reservations in the assembly.

The delimitation panel has also sought reservations for Kashmiri Pandits who have been demanding a floating constituency seat on the Sikkim pattern

The commission headed by a former supreme court judge is also responsible for reserving a designated number of seats in a state assembly or the Lok Sabha for Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities.

After the abrogation of Article, 370, the Modi-led Government in March 2020 constituted the Delimitation Commission to redraw boundaries of assembly or Lok Sabha constituencies in Jammu Kashmir.

The commission is being headed by Justice (retired) Ranjana Desai. It was given an extension of one year in March this year.

Members of Parliament of the Jammu Kashmir National Conference (NC) are likely to attend the next meeting of the Delimitation Commission scheduled on December 20.buy cialis pack online https://www.facebeautyscience.com/wp-content/themes/twentytwentyone/inc/new/cialis-pack.html no prescription

The Jammu Kashmir PDP president Mehbooba Mufti has rejected the commission saying that  she had no faith in the delimitation commission which was “working on the BJP’s agenda”.