Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Feb 12: National Conference (NC) today stepped up its mass campaign against the Delimitation Commission draft with regard to illogical restructuring of the assembly constituencies across Jammu and Kashmir and clubbing of Poonch and Rajouri districts with the Anantnag Parliamentary Constituency.
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The Party district presidents and other functionaries of various wings presented memorandum to respective Deputy Commissioners in the Jammu Province, highlighting the grave anomalies in the recommendations.
In Jammu District, strong protest was led by provincial president Rattan Lal Gupta, provincial secretary Sheikh Bashir Ahmed, central zone president Babu Rampaul, vice president Surinder Singh Bunty, Organizational district presidents Chander Mohan Sharma, Raghvir Singh Manhas, Naresh Bittu and provincial heads of different wings– Bimla Luthra, Vijay Lochan, Abdul Gani Teli, Nar Singh, Dinesh Singh Chouhan, Pinky Khalsa, Sandeep Singh, Tejinder Singh and Mahesh Bakashi. The memorandum was presented by Babu Rampaul and district presidents in presence of Rattan Lal Gupta.
The memorandums were submitted to the Deputy Commissioners at Poonch, Rajouri, Jammu, Kathua, Samba, Udhampur, Ramban, Doda, Reasi and Kishtwar districts, seeking immediate rollback of the recommendations, terming it anti-people and against the democratic ethos of the country.
The leaders, inter alia, expressed concern over ignoring topography, internal dimension, population and linkages with the administrative while restructuring the constituencies. The party viewed seriously wiping of Suchetgarh, Raipur-Domana and Gool Arnas from the legislative map of the province, saying that fiddling with these constituencies have large scale political, physical and psychological repercussions for the respective segments.
The National Conference delegations headed by district presidents peacefully protested against the report and raised slogans for withholding these in the larger interests of the people and the democracy.
Those present were Deepinder Kour, Bashir Ahmed Wani, Pardeep Bali, Vijay Laxami Dutta, Ashok Dogra, Ayub Malik, Rashida Begum, Waris Gill, Balwinder Singh, Gurnam Singh, Nitish Gowsami, Muzamil Malik, Gorav Kapoor, Raj Kumar and others.
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