The Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar on Tuesday stated that the 126 meeting and 14 parliamentary seats in Assam will stay the identical following the method of delimitation.
“In connection with the ongoing delimitation exercise, we held discussions with political parties and other organisations in the last two days. We also met around 60 civil groups and organisations. In the delimitation exercise, we will do our best to take into account all of the political parties’ and organisations’ suggestions,” CEC stated.
Reacting to Assam Congress president Bhupen Borah’s allegations that the delimitation train is a ‘match-fixing’ train, Rajiv Kumar stated, “We are habituated to hearing this. There is no need to fix anything because the initial disclosure was made, and we have been accepting suggestions before the completion of delimitation.”
The CEC stated that they wished to carry a dialogue with the stakeholders earlier than they publish the draft of the delimitation train.
Rajiv Kumar knowledgeable that those that participated within the train included the TMC, BJP, CPI, CPI(M), NCP, Asom Gana Parishad, AIDUF, Bodoland People’s Front, United People’s Party Liberal, and three extra registered events, Assam Jatiya Parishad, Lok Raksha Party and Raijor Dal. According to this checklist, Congress skipped the assembly.
“126 assembly seats and 14 parliamentary seats will remain the same. We have given time by extending the date to April 15 and during that time anybody can give their suggestion to us. We will publish a draft and will give one-month time for taking suggestions on it,” the Chief Election Commissioner stated.
Speaking about solutions the poll body obtained, CEC stated, “one idea they provided was instead of the 2001 Census, we could consider the 2011 census. Another suggestion they gave was to increase the parliamentary constituencies, instead of keeping them constant. A recommendation was that there should be a provision of 30 per cent variation in the areas of upper Assam, where the population increase is minimal.”
The CEC additional stated, “The question has been asked when delimitation was stopped in 2008, why it has suddenly started, and when delimitation is due in 2026, why it is being carried out now.”
According to Rajiv Kumar, these solutions have been competing and conflicting, having folks on each side of the declare.
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