Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 14: In a special communication to Governor N.N. Vohra, the NPP supremo has pressed for a special ordinance to hold delimitation of the Assembly constituencies in J&K which has been deprived to J&K.
He told the Governor that J&K was the only state in India where delimitation was not held in spite of the fact that delimitation of the districts, blocks and tehsils was held in 2006 only to please the power hungry leadership of the Kashmir Valley. He pointed out that 10 additional districts were created in utter infringement of Wazir Commission. In fact, Kashmir was dissected into negligible areas.
He further expressed deep concern that in J&K, a single Assembly constituency falls in two or even three districts e.g. Gool-Arnas Assembly constituency falls in Ramban and Reasi districts, Inderwal Assembly constituency falls in Kishtwar and Doda districts. Hiranagar Assembly constituency falls in Samba and Kathua Districts. Same is the case with several Assembly constituencies in the Valley. On the other hand there is a grave discrimination in geographical adjustments of the areas e.g. Zanskar (Ladakh) Assembly constituency has been tagged with four patwars of Kargil only to reduce Buddhist majority in the constituency. To hit Pahari fraternity, Tangdhar (Karnah) has been tagged with Keran in Kupwara district when Keran area remains cut off for six months from Karnah because of the snowfall and there is no geographical affinity of the two sectors. To reduce Chenani constituency into a SC (reserved) majority, four patwars of district Reasi have been tagged with Chenani (Udhampur district), 50 kms. gap between the two sectors similarly Jathana in Kathua District has been tagged with Billawar, and there is no contiguity or geographical affinity of two areas.
Prof. Singh regretted that Mufti Mohd. Sayeed through signed CMP with Congress and Panthers in 2002 to hold delimitation but Mr. Mufti joined hand with National Conference to keep J&K out of delimitation process.
Besides, seven constituencies in J&K are reserved for SC and all the seven are in Jammu Pradesh. These constituencies have been reserved since 1996 and there is no hope even to consider any change till after the census shall be held in 2031. He blamed the Congress, National Conference, PDP and BJP for this discrimination with the people.
NPP leader said that the Governor is fully competent to issue ordinance in this regard with in meaning of school of J&K Constitution.
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