Wait till J-K elects legislative assembly: Soz to Centre on delimitation exercise

Former Union minister Saifuddin Soz on Tuesday said the Centre should undertake the delimitation exercise in Jammu and Kashmir only after the Union Territory elects a legislative assembly to prevent arbitrary distribution of seats.

The Congress leader's remarks came a day after Chief Election Commissioner Sunil Arora named Election Commissioner Sushil Chandra as his nominee for the proposed Delimitation Commission for Jammu and Kashmir.

"The Union Home Ministry has prioritised to institute Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission. This is on expected lines," Soz said in a statement here.

On the provision for increasing the number of seats in the Jammu and Kashmir Legislative Assembly in the J-K Reorganisation Act, 2019, he said, "The implication lies in the distribution of seats between Jammu and Kashmir."