Excelsior Correspondent
SRINAGAR, Nov 4: National Conference said PDP must explain its motive behind the PDP-BJP Government’s clear push towards delimitation and reorganization of Assembly constituencies in the State, as has been reported in the media.
Senior NC leaders including Party General Secretary Ali Mohammad Sagar, Abdul Rahim Rather, Mohammad Shafi Uri, Chaudhary Mohammad Ramzan and Mian Altaf Ahmed in a joint statement issued have said that this was a dangerous covert attempt to manipulate the electoral landscape of the State and would vitiate communal and regional harmony in J&K.
“The PDP-BJP Government’s decision to ask the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department to ‘formulate an appropriate response for addressing the issue of constituting a delimitation commission and also examine the possibility of rationalizing the Legislative Assembly constituencies’ raises some very disconcerting doubts and apprehensions”, the senior NC leaders said.
They added that the PDP-BJP Government cannot hide its political motives and nefarious designs behind the Law and Parliamentary Affairs Department or the Chief Secretary in an attempt to somehow desperately circumvent the clear and inviolable restriction on delimitation of Assembly Constituencies till 2026 which was brought into force after a Bill for this purpose was brought in the Legislative Assembly by the NC Government in April 2002 and passed unanimously.
NC Leaders said this move could either be a diversionary tactic to divert focus from the PDP-BJP Government’s shocking failure in dealing with the current political situation in the State or could be an even more malicious and dangerous attempt to sow seeds of discord and animosity at the regional level and between various communities of the State dividends of which could be reaped by BJP.
“National Conference will not allow the PDP-BJP Alliance to manipulate the State’s delicate electoral landscape and political balance and will oppose all such mechanizations”, they added.
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