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The commission has invited the leaders of all national, regional and registered political parties of Jammu and Kashmir for separate meetings during its visit to the union territory.
The commission members are also likely to hold separate meetings with civil society groups and similar organisations after they obtain prior approval and are allotted time slots
The delimitation has attained an urgency amid indications that the Centre is keen to hold early assembly elections in Jammu and Kashmir.
The Delimitation Commission will arrive in Srinagar on a four-day visit today (July 6) to interact with political leaders, civil society groups and other stakeholders to gather first-hand inputs to carve out new constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir, officials said. The commission's visit comes within a fortnight of the high-level meeting of eight political parties from Jammu and Kashmir with Prime Minister Narendra Modi in Delhi on June 24. Barring the Congress and the BJP, all other major political parties including the National Conference (NC), the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), the CPI(M) and the National Panthers Party (NPP) are indecisive about meeting the commission's members.