Minister for Municipal Administration Okay.N. Nehru on Saturday mentioned the federal government would quickly kind a committee to address the issues in the ward delimitation train, which was accomplished in 2017 for native our bodies.
He was responding to a query raised by Kongunadu Makkal Desiya Katchi MLA E.R. Eswaran in the Assembly. The MLA mentioned there have been cases of areas in identical locality being cut up throughout two wards, in addition to disparities in the distribution of inhabitants throughout wards in Tiruchengode municipality.
Mr. Nehru replied that such issues have been there in a number of native our bodies. Though the federal government needed to address them after coming to energy in 2021, it couldn’t because the native our bodies elections had to be carried out quickly.
Former Chief Minister O. Panneerselvam mentioned there have been cases the place a husband and spouse or members of the identical household have been added in totally different wards. Mr. Nehru responded that in some circumstances, it was being intentionally accomplished by influential individuals in order that two members of their households might get elected from two totally different wards.
Deputy Speaker Okay. Pitchandi appealed to the federal government to conduct the revised delimitation train quickly to keep away from litigations forward of the subsequent native our bodies elections.
Mr. Nehru mentioned the committee would be formed and it will comprise officers from the Rural Development and Municipal Administration Departments, together with elected representatives. Apart from addressing current issues, it will look into growing the variety of wards, wherever wanted.
