NC for impartial delimitation process, NPP seeks more seats for Jammu region

Two days after the Centre set up a Delimitation Commission to fix boundaries of the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies in J&K, the National Conference on Sunday said the exercise should be conducted impartially, while the National Panthers Party advocated for more seats in Jammu region.

"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," 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 the welfare of the people and mitigate their sufferings and ensure peace, prosperity and development in Jammu and Kashmir," the NC leader told reporters here.

The government on Friday constituted a Delimitation Commission, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai to fix boundaries of the Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of J&K and the northeastern states of Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur and Nagaland.

Delimitation is the process of fixing boundaries of legislative bodies in the country.

According to section 60 of the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation Act, "...the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of Union territory of Jammu and Kashmir shall be increased from 107 to 114...."