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The final delimitation order for assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Assam released by the Election Commission of India (ECI) on Friday has evoked mixed reactions from political parties and organisations in the state.
The Opposition All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) alleged that while the delimitation process would benefit the BJP, the reorganisation of the constituencies has led to a decrease in as many as nine assembly seats in which Muslim voters were in the majority or played a decisive role.
The Congress leader has now hit out at the draft plan, alleging a political motive. "Not surprised to find that the draft delimitation list released by the Election Commission has dismembered my Lok Sabha seat Kaliabor. The list has several errors and faults. With less than a year left for the polls the motive is plain. But nothing can stop the winds of change," he tweeted last night.
Chief Minister Sarma, however, has welcomed the draft plan. "Even my seat has gone, but I am not raising an issue. Some people are trying to turn this into a communal issue after their seat was changed or dissolved in this delimitation (draft)," he said today, in a veiled attack on the Congress criticism.
Soon after the draft proposal was out last evening, Mr Sarma had tweeted, "The draft delimitation published by ECI today stipulate that the current Jalukbari constituency, which I have represented since 2001, will no longer exist as it has been divided into three parts. I am feeling very saddened by this news. However, I welcome the draft paper as it accurately reflects the sentiments of Assam."
Additionally, the boundaries or nomenclature of some Lok Sabha and assembly seats have been redefined. While certain previous assembly constituencies no longer figure in the list, new seats have emerged.
Not surprised to find that the draft delimitation list released by the Election Commission has dismembered my Lok Sabha seat Kaliabor. The list has several errors and faults. With less than a year left for the polls the motive is plain. But nothing can stop the winds of change.
However, in the draft delimitation proposal, Jamunamukh constituency is nowhere to be found, replaced instead by a new constituency, Binnakandi, with redrawn boundaries. Binnakandi block was formerly part of the Jamunamukh assembly constituency.
Delimitation draft of Assam constituencies is total unscientific . It violates delimitation guidelines for political reasons. Officially it's draft of Election Commission of India, but practically it's of @himantabiswa . Administrative units has been broken unnecessary .
Opposition parties had then raised concerns about the use of 2001 Census data instead of the more recent 2011 Census records, the authority of the EC in conducting the delimitation instead of the Delimitation Commission, and the timing of the exercise shortly before the 2024 parliamentary elections, given that the delimitation of constituencies for the entire country is scheduled for 2026.
The New Year has arrived with a fresh challenge for the Election Commission of India (ECI), which has begun the process of delimitation of the Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies in Assam. This comes after a request from the Union Ministry of Law and Justice to the ECI to conduct the exercise in the State. Delimitation has not been conducted in Assam since 1976.
In 2020, the Ministry of Law and Justice notified the constitution of a Delimitation Commission to handle the exercise in the four north-eastern States of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, and Nagaland, and the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir. The commission, however, halted work when it was pointed out that the delimitation exercise in the four north-eastern States was to be carried out by the ECI in accordance with Section 8A (1) of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
Assam has 126 Assembly constituencies and 14 Lok Sabha constituencies. According to the Constitution (84th Amendment) Act, 2002, there is a freeze on readjustment of constituencies until the first Census after 2026. As such, there will be no increase in the number of Assembly or Lok Sabha constituencies in Assam following the latest delimitation. The exercise will only lead to a redrawing or readjusting of the boundaries of constituencies to equalise population as far as practicable in accordance with the 2001 population data, says an ECI release.
Opposition parties have objected to the use of the 2001 data for the delimitation exercise since the 2011 Census is available. The 2021 Census was halted due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is set to resume in September.
Assam Pradesh Congress Committee President Bhupen Bora said that the party would support the delimitation if it was carried out in accordance with the usual modalities but would oppose it if there were deviations. The Congress and the All India United Democratic Front have formed committees to give suggestions to their respective parties.
An all-party meeting convened by then Assam Assembly Speaker Tanka Bahadur Rai on May 11, 2007, expressed apprehensions that the volatile situation in the State following the publication of the draft delimitation proposal could lead to ethnic clashes and cause serious law and order problems. The meeting resolved that the first step should be to update the NRC so that it reflected the latest population patterns in the State.
The 2023 delimitation process has been initiated even as petitions seeking 1951 as the cut-off year for determination of citizenship in Assam are pending before the Supreme Court and the Central government has got an extension for the seventh consecutive time to frame the Citizenship (Amendment) Act rules. The Supreme Court has stated that the NRC in Assam should be updated subject to a Constitution Bench deciding petitions on the constitutionality of Section 6A of the Citizenship Act, 1955. Section 6A was added to the Citizenship Act, 1955, following the Assam Accord to include the provision that pre-1971 migrants from erstwhile East Pakistan should be accepted as citizens.
The Constitution (Scheduled Tribes) Amendment Bill, 2019, tabled by the Central government in the Rajya Sabha on January 9, 2019, sought to expand the list of Scheduled Tribes in Assam and grant ST status to the Koch-Rajbongshis, the Chutias, the Tai-Ahoms, the Morans, the Mataks, and the Adivasis (Tea Tribes). Community organisations have revived this demand. The ST population will obviously increase if this is done, but there is some apprehension that these communities will also be eligible to contest for reserved seats in the Assembly, Lok Sabha and local bodies. This has led to some ST groups taking the stand that expanding the ST list should not affect the rights and privileges given to existing ST groups. A Group of Ministers was constituted in January 2019 to suggest modalities for expanding the ST list. They are yet to submit their report, which has left the Bill stranded in the Upper House.
GUWAHATI: The Election Commission of India (ECI) today published the final order for delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies in Assam. In the final order, the ECI has revised the existing nomenclatures of 19 Assembly constituencies and one Parliamentary constituency. Around 45% of the objections that were raised by the public and various organizations have been addressed in the final order. According to the final list, 19 Assembly constituencies and two Parliamentary constituencies have been reserved for Scheduled Tribes (ST) while nine Assembly constituencies and one Parliamentary constituency have been reserved for Scheduled Castes (SCs).
The Commission, during the public hearings on draft delimitation proposal, received many conflicting representations from members of the public, political parties, and organizations for change of nomenclature of some Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies, highlighting the historical, cultural, political, and ethnic significance of the region. Chief Election Commissioner (CEC) Rajiv Kumar appreciated the ability of different groups of Assam to present their conflicting claims on various issues in a respectful and friendly manner, without creating confrontations or hostility.
Efforts have been made to keep all constituencies, as far as practicable, as geographically compact areas, and in delimiting them, the physical features, density of population, existing boundaries of administrative units, facilities of communication and public convenience have been considered. Due to huge inter-district variation in certain cases in factors such as geographical features, density of population, means of communication, public convenience, contiguity of the areas and necessity to avoid breaking of administrative units and as constituencies cannot be delimited having exactly equal population in all cases, deviation to certain extent from the State and District average has been allowed. In the State of Assam, since last delimitation (1976), the number of districts have increased from 10 to 31 and similarly, number of administrative units at Development Block and Gram Panchayat levels have undergone drastic changes.
While refusing to stay the ongoing process of delimitation of the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies being undertaken by the Election Commission of India, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge made to it by a group of non-BJP party leaders.A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra agreed to hear a challenge...
While refusing to stay the ongoing process of delimitation of the assembly and Lok Sabha constituencies being undertaken by the Election Commission of India, the Supreme Court on Monday agreed to hear a challenge made to it by a group of non-BJP party leaders.
A bench comprising Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice JB Pardiwala, and Justice Manoj Misra agreed to hear a challenge to Section 8A of the Representation of Peoples Act and issued notice on the writ petitions filed by the opposition party leaders. The petitioners also challenge the draft proposal published by the Election Commission of India (ECI) in June for the delimitation of Assam's 126 assembly constituencies and 14 Lok Sabha constituencies. Three weeks time has been given to the Union of India and the ECI to file their replies and two weeks thereafter for rejoinder.
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