Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Dec 28: Former Union Minister and veteran Congress leader Prof Saifuddin Soz has alleged that the Delimitation Commission has created an impression that it will work on sectarian lines. It has also left room for causing suspicion in the minds of the people of Jammu and Kashmir, particularly the people of Kashmir.
In a statement here today, Soz said the Commission has almost deliberately adopted a course of action that is detrimental to the interests of the bonafide residents of J&K State. The Commission formula reserving 12 seats in Jammu and only 4 seats in Kashmir, may ultimately lead to a kind of social unrest.
“The Commission has suggested this formula in its short-sighted response to the otherwise, a ticklish problem with sizable repercussions. The Commission would be well advised to minutely study the verdict of the Supreme Court in its judgment in the case related to Triloki Nath Tikoo Versus the J&K State in which the Supreme Court had not excluded Kashmir’s social castes for the grant of reservation. Delimitation question is a very ticklish matter and the Commission would be well-advised to give its well considered opinion on the subject,” Soz added.
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