Kashmir parties accept invite to meet J&K Delimitation Commission members

Kashmir-based political parties and civil society teams have accepted the invitation of the J&K Delimitation Commission, headed by Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, and can meet its members throughout their go to to the Valley on Wednesday.

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However, the Peoples Democratic Party, headed by Mehbooba Mufti, remained indecisive about being a part of the deliberations.

A National Conference chief stated a five-member crew, comprising Abdul Raheem Rather, Mohammad Shafi, Mian Altaf Ahmad, Nasir Aslam Wani and Sakina Ittoo, will meet the panel and put forth the social gathering’s strategies.

Farooq Abdullah of the NC spearheads the Gupkar alliance, an amalgam of 5 political parties, which has been essential of the Centre’s transfer of August 5, 2019, and has demanded the pre-August 5 place.

Sajad Lone’s People’s Conference has nominated 4 social gathering leaders, the BJP 4, Altaf Bukhari’s J&K Apni social gathering ready an inventory of 5 leaders and the Congress named six leaders to meet the visiting fee in Srinagar. Leaders of the BSP, the CPI and the CPI-M will even meet the panel. However, the PDP had not nominated any chief until Tuesday night.

The fee’s members will maintain a sequence of conferences with political parties, district election officers and different stakeholders throughout their four-day keep beginning Wednesday.

According to J&K Reorganisation Act, the U.T. will add seven extra constituencies to its 83-member Assembly forward of elections. The fee is remitted to delineate the boundaries of recent Assembly constituencies. Scores of delegations, together with civil society teams, have expressed their want to meet the fee.

Besides Justice Desai, Chief Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra and the J&K Election Commissioner are members of the fee. The fee will even go to south Kashmir, Jammu and the Chenab valley in coming days.

Earlier, the NC had boycotted the fee, saying it had challenged the J&K Reorganisation Act earlier than the court docket. However, it determined to meet the fee following an all-party meet organised by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 24 in New Delhi.

The Centre has pressed for a timeline for J&K, which can first see completion of the delimitation course of, adopted by elections within the U.T. However, the Gupkar alliance has referred to as for restoration of statehood after the delimitation course of.