Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Jan 31: Ashwani Kumar Chrungoo, senior BJP and Kashmiri Pandit leader and Incharge, Department of Political Affairs and Feedback, J&K-BJP today said that delimitation of constituencies is an important part of the road ahead in Jammu & Kashmir and there are expectations that the discrimination with a large portion of population in the UT will come to an end by a judicious delimitation process and report in the near future.
He expressed these views in his presentation in the Webinar organised by the Centre for Peace and Progress, New Delhi. The topic of the Webinar was “J&K- The Road Ahead in future” and was convened by O. P. Shah, the chairman of the Centre.
The Webinar was attended by a number of prominent personalities of socio-political milieu in Jammu and Kashmir and some other parts of the country including among others Kapil Kak, John Dayal, Kuldeep Khuda Ex DGP, Hashim Quraishi, A.M. Watali, Ishwar D Khajuria, Sahuja Zafar, Dr. Tasleem, Mushtaq Sikandar, Tanvir Sadiq, Ashwani Kumar Journalist, Ajaz Mistree, Tanvir Fatima, Amiya Kailara and Uzma Alam. Every speaker opined that the successful DDC elections need to be followed by a compatible political process in the UT.
Chrungoo in his presentation made it emphatically clear that the huge turn-out in the DDC elections is a clear signal of the urge of the people for peace, progress and development. “There has to be a forward march towards ending discrimination with the people of the UT through the intervention of the Delimitation Commission now”.
“There can’t be two opinions about the facts of discrimination and bias against the region of Jammu in respect of delimitation earlier which allotted three seats to the Kashmir valley and two seats only to the Jammu region for the Parliament in addition to giving 46 Assembly seats to Kashmir and 37 seats to Jammu division. This was and remains a violation of the fundamental rights in terms of equality and equal opportunities. The Kashmiri Pandit community, which is living as refugees in its own country for the last more than three decades now, has remained unrepresented all along due to gerrymandering of constituencies in the Valley”, the BJP leader added.
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