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NEW DELHI: The Delimitation Commission, created to redesign the electoral districts of Assam, Manipur, Nagaland, Arunachal pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir, will visit the northeastern states and the Union territory after preparing a “broad framework” of the delimitation exercise, authorities said.
The commission will also seek opinions and input from its “associate members”, a group of Lok Sabha and MLA members, after developing the overall framework.
“First, the comprehensive framework for determining electoral districts based on the 2011 census must be developed. Only then will the Delimitation Commission visit the states to meet with the locals. Once the framework is drawn, it would also interact with associate members to seek their views and input, “said an official familiar with the events.
The delineation panel will redraw the Lok Sabha and the assembly constituencies of the four northeastern states and will work to increase the assembly seats of the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir in accordance with the provisions of the Act of Reorganization of Jammu and Kashmir.
In March the Delimitation Commission for the four northeastern states and Jammu and Kashmir was created.
It is headed by former Supreme Court Justice Judge Ranjana Desai (retired). Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra is the Election Commission representative on the delimitation panel, while the state electoral commissioners of Jammu and Kashmir and the four states are its ex-officio members.
In May, the chairman of the Lok Sabha appointed 15 MPs from Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Manipur, Nagaland and Arunachal Pradesh as “associate members” of the Delimitation Commission to help the panel redesign the states’ parliamentary and assembly constituencies. Northeast and the Union Territory.
The 15 MPs include two Union ministers: Kiren Rijiju and Jitendra Singh.
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