Assam Delimitation Draft Proposal: Several organizations and political parties in Assam protest against the proposed delimitation draft by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in Barak Valley, Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts Called off for hours. Let’s tell that 22 June, The Election Commission has released the draft proposal of delimitation for the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies of Assam. Regarding this, a round of allegations and counter-allegations has started between the ruling BJP and the opposition Congress.

Congress gave this reaction

Kamalakhya De Purkayastha, Congress MLA from Karimganj district, has called this process illegal and said that no guidelines have been followed in this delimitation. He said that no guidelines have been followed in this delimitation process. When the delimitation was done last, the population of Barak Valley was million which is now 44 million . But, now our seats have been reduced. No geological survey has been done in the area. Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha told, this whole process is illegal which we oppose.

Know what CM Himanta Biswa Sarma said…

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said there is no problem in the state’s constituencies delimitation exercise, the draft proposal of which was published last week. Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Sunday said that the draft resolution has been opposed only by those who do not understand the process or fear electoral defeat.

)What is the draft proposal for delimitation?

The statement states that the last delimitation process in Assam took place in 2023 while the current process 924 is based on the census data. ECI in its press note states that the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly and Lok Sabha in the State of Assam and retained Is. For Scheduled Tribes out of seats in the Legislative Assembly seats are proposed to be allotted, while the number of Lok Sabha allotted to the State of Assam Scheduled 2 seats out of seats It is proposed to allocate for the tribes. Similarly, 9 seats are proposed to be allotted to the Scheduled Castes in the Legislative Assembly, while 1 seat is proposed to be allotted to the Scheduled Castes in the Lok Sabha.

Election Commission of Indiahimanta biswa sarma assam newsPublished Date

Tue, Jun 27, 2023, 12: 57 PM IST