Srinagar, April 5 (UNI) The Delimitation Commission on Tuesday met several delegations and members of the civil society in Srinagar on the second day of their visit to Jammu and Kashmir.
On Monday, they met delegations from different parts of Jammu.
The panel headed by retired Supreme Court justice Ranjana Prakash Desai has been tasked to redraw the boundaries of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir.
An official spokesman said approximately 400 delegations from different parts of UT of J&K met the Commission during the two days.
The commission on March 14 has put its report in the public domain and invited objections and suggestions from people. The commission has published its report in the gazettes of India as well as Jammu and Kashmir. Around 400 suggestions, representations with 4000 signatories were received by the commission till March 21.
The Commission decided to provide personal hearing to all these delegations, both in Jammu as well as Srinagar so that the public can directly interact with the members of the Commission and present their suggestions before them.
During the public sittings, the main points of all the representations were read out and the concerned delegations were given the opportunity to highlight any additional points for the consideration of the Commission.
The general public, public representatives, social workers and members of political parties utilised this opportunity and highlighted their demands, suggestions, grievances before the commission which were duly noted by the commission, the spokesman said.
Advocate Irfan Hafeez Lone, the Block Development Council member who met the Delimitation Commission said he told them that the draft report needs to be reviewed a lot.
“The report that was made public needs a major overhaul,” he told reporters after the meeting.
Various delegations raised their concern about the exercise and demanded a full review. Some of the delegates said they had not enough time allotted to explain their view point on the exercise. Some of them said that they weren’t allowed to meet the Commission members.
The Delimitation Commission assured the delegations who called on the Commission in Jammu as well as Srinagar that the commission shall consider their genuine suggestions/grievances sympathetically in accordance with the Delimitation Act, the spokesman said.
