Panel has gone by its own will, wish: NC MP Hasnain Masoodi; Detailed Response to follow: NC; Commission has proved itself as frontal Org of BJP, says PDP
Nasir Azam
Srinagar, Feb 05 (KNO):
National Conference president Dr Farooq Abdullah Saturday said that he and his party out rightly rejects the delimitation commission's second draft proposal while as the party MP, Hasnain Masoodi said the panel has gone by its own wish and will.
Talking to news agency KNO, Dr Farooq said: “National Conference rejects the delimitation commission's second draft report.”
The NC MP Masoodi said that the Delimitation Panel has thrown the recommendations put-forth by the National Conference to the wind and the Commission has gone by their own will and wish.
He said despite explaining the Delimitation Commission that the exercise was against the constitution and any change in the existing step amounts to challenging the Indian constitution.
“Changes advocated by the Delimitation Panel as per their second draft proposal are totally unconstitutional. We have put forth some important suggestions and recommendations that have been completely ignored and thrown to the wind,” Masoodi said.
He said that at some places, old constituencies have been removed and new added and there is total discrimination in the new seat sharing proposed by the delimitation panel, which is unjustified and unacceptable to NC.
“NC summarily rejects draft working paper made available by Delimitation Commission to associate members on 4th February 2022,” party spokesperson Imran Nabi Dar said.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) also rejected the panel's second draft report. “The commission instead of a constitutional body has proved itself to be as a frontal organization of ruling Bhartiya Janta Party,” PDP spokesman in a statement said.
“From the media reports regarding the interim recommendations of the commission, it was clear that the sole objective of the body was to ensure backdoor entry of BJP and its shadow organizations to the Legislative Assembly of Jammu and Kashmir”, the PDP spokesman, adding that the apprehensions about the entire exercise expressed by the party have come true. “PDP believes that the entire exercise of the delimitation is a part of a major ploy to dis-empower people of Jammu and Kashmir by division of secular and majority votes. It is unfortunate that all the constitutional apparatus was being put into action in order to achieve this sinister design of BJP”.
The PDP spokesman said that the party has been apprehensive from the beginning of such an outcome and the interim report only strengthens such belief. “The fascist and communal forces with the support of their shadow organizations are eyeing on gaining power by all means and in the process the erstwhile state has been plunged into chaos”, he said.
He said that the delimitation for Jammu and Kashmir was taken in contrast to the set principals of such a process for the rest of the country, where the exercise is to be undertaken in 2026. “Even when the basic law, The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, was under challenge in Supreme Court the union government hastened to initiate the process in order to give legal backing to its unconstitutional decision to abrogate Article 370”.
On December 20, the panel shared district—wise seat allocation with MPs from Jammu and Kashmir.
