Jammu,
Two days after the Centre set up a Delimitation Commission to fix boundaries of Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies in J&K, the National Conference on Sunday said the exercise should be conducted impartially, while National Panthers Party advocated for more seats to Jammu.
“Our party believes in democracy and upholding democratic values. Though the delimitation was supposed to take place in 2026, the process has been initiated and we do not have any objection to it,” the NC provincial President Devender Rana said here.
He, however, added that the exercise should be carried out as per the law and in an impartial and flawless manner to benefit people who are the real fountainhead of a democracy.
Rana said his party would continue to work to strengthen democracy in the Union Territory. “We all need to raise above political interests and work together to strengthen unity among the people and between various regions. We must all work for welfare of people and mitigate their sufferings and ensure peace, prosperity and development in Jammu and Kashmir,” the NC leader told reporters here.
Referring to the initiation of delimitation process, Chairman JKNPP and former J&K minister Harsh Dev Singh said it would be meaningful only if the Assembly and Parliament seats for Jammu were increased.
He said the disparity in seats needed to be removed by assigning due share to both regions of the Union Territory. Seeking early conclusion of the delimitation process, Singh hoped that the aspirations of Jammu’s people for a fair deal in political power would be duly honoured in a time-bound and transparent manner. ( PTI )
