Govt to extend term of Delimitation Comm chairperson by six months
Govt to extend term of Delimitation Comm chairperson by six months
Visit to J&K shortly
Sanjeev Pargal
JAMMU, Feb 20: Delimitation Commission chairperson Justice (Retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai will be visiting Jammu and Kashmir shortly as the Union Ministry for Law and Justice is set to extend her term beyond March 5 while the Commission is likely to invite suggestions on delimitation and reservation of Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory in writing from the political parties.
Reliable sources told the Excelsior that the Union Ministry for Law and Justice which had constituted the Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir on March 6, 2020 for fresh delimitation of 90 Assembly constituencies in the Union Territory is likely to extend the term of Justice Desai, most likely for another six months as her one-year term is expiring on March 5.
Only 2 of 5 Jammu & Kashmir MPs attend delimitation panel’s 1st meet
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The commission is also set to seek an extension of its one-year term, which ends on March 6, to complete the delimitation exercise for J&K, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland, the sources said.
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They had sent a communication to the commission on the same.
New Delhi: Farooq Abdullah-led National Conference on Thursday boycotted the first meeting called by the Delimitation Commission, set up to redraw constituency boundaries of Jammu and Kashmir and four northeast states, with parliamentarians from the new union territory.
They will be offered another opportunity to bring their views to the table, highly placed sources told ET.
Not a platform for political posturing: Dr Jitendra
Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 18: The Delimitation Commission on Jammu and Kashmir held its first meeting in New Delhi today which was boycotted by its three associate members belonging to the National Conference including former Chief Minister Dr Farooq Abdullah, a move that evoked sharp reaction from Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Dr Jitendra Singh, who is also an associate member and lashed out at the NC for its “duplicity”.
The Commission, headed by former Supreme Court Judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, met to seek suggestions from the associate members on the process of delimitation of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
New Delhi: Two associate members from Jammu and Kashmir told the Delimitation Commission on Thursday that special attention be given to the difficult terrain while carrying out the delimitation exercise in the Union Territory.
The commission, headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, met here to seek suggestions from the associate members on the process of delimitation of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir.
The Lok Sabha speaker had last year named Farooq Abdullah, Mohammad Akbar Lone, Hasnain Masoodi, Jugal Kishore Sharma and Union minister Jitendra Singh as the panel s associate members from Jammu and Kashmir.
Associate members are lawmakers from their respective states who assist the delimitation panel in redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies.
Population shouldnât be only factor in J&K delimitation, BJP members tell commission
Population shouldnât be only factor in J&K delimitation, BJP members tell commission
Associate members from BJP say population shouldnât be only factor for delimitation in J&K. NC members say wait for SC to rule on legality of J&K Reorganisation Act.
Sanya Dhingra 18 February, 2021 5:26 pm IST Text Size:
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New Delhi:Â The Delimitation Commission, which redraws constituency boundaries, held its first meeting on Jammu and Kashmir Thursday, even though three of the five âassociate membersâ from the union territory chose not to attend.