Centre To Move On J&K Delimitation
- 19-Jun-2021
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The Central government has reached out to mainstream parties in the Valley for a meeting next week to discuss the delimitation exercise or the process of redrawing constituencies in the Union Territory.
This could mark the first step towards conducting Assembly elections. On Friday, People’s Democratic Party (PDP) President Mehbooba Mufti had received a call to join a meeting with the ‘top leadership’ in New Delhi on June 24. But it was not confirmed if all members of the mainstream coalition the People’s Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) would join the meeting.
Just eight days ago, National Conference President and PAGD Chairperson Farooq Abdullah had said about the open discussion with the Centre.
The J&K administration said the Delimitation Commission had written to Deputy Commissioners of all 20 districts last Tuesday seeking fresh information on several aspects including population density and topography in all the districts and Assembly constituencies.
