On Wednesday, August 16, Assam Leader Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma mentioned that President Droupadi Murmu has authorized the delimitation of meeting and parliamentary constituencies within the state. The Assam CM termed the improvement a “important milestone within the historical past of Assam”.
Taking to X (previously Twitter), Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma introduced the approval of the delimitation notification issued via the Election Fee of India and shared the picture of the Gazette notification on this regard.
“Nowadays the Honorable President has authorized the Delimitation Notification issued via the Election Fee of India for Assam. A vital milestone has been accomplished within the historical past of Assam. Jai Maa Bharati, Jai Maa Asom,” CM Sarma wrote.
Nowadays the Honorable President has authorized the Delimitation Notification issued via the Election Fee of India for Assam.
A vital milestone has been accomplished within the historical past of Assam.
Jai Maa Bharati
Jai Aai Asom %.twitter.com/TAtJShfxK0
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) August 16, 2023
In the meantime, the Congress birthday celebration has slammed the BJP govt over the problem accusing it of ‘authoritarianism’. Congress chief Gaurav Gogoi claimed that the delimitation is concentrated towards opposition seats including that it would get advantages the BJP and Badruddin Ajmal-led All India United Democratic Entrance (AIUDF).
Assam delimitation document
In step with the Election Fee document on Assam delimitation, the collection of parliamentary and meeting constituencies shall stay unchanged at 14 and 126 respectively.
Assam delimitation statistics by way of the Election Fee website online
The election fee has altered the nomenclature of 1 parliamentary and 19 meeting constituencies. Additionally, 19 meeting and two Lok Sabha seats had been put aside for Scheduled Tribes (STS). Scheduled Castes (SCs) had been allotted one Lok Sabha seat and 9 meeting seats. It’s notable that the 2001 Census used to be used to delimit all meeting and parliamentary constituencies within the state.
In accordance with public call for, one parliamentary and a few meeting constituencies had been given “paired names” comparable to Darrang-Udalgiri, Hajo-Sualkuchi, Boko-Chaygaon, Nagaon-Batadraba, Bhowanipur-Sorbhog, and Algapur-Katlichera.
In connection with a number of important options of the general document, the Election Fee (EC) mentioned that the bottom administrative unit in rural spaces is a ‘village’ and a ‘ward’ in city spaces. According to this, villages and wards had been preserved and feature no longer been damaged any place within the state.
It’s price noting that, in July of this yr, the Ultimate Court docket refused to forestall the continuing delimitation workout in Assam however agreed to imagine a problem introduced via the state’s opposition leaders.
A bench comprising Leader Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justices JB Pardiwala and Manoj Misra, issued a realize to the Centre at the plea and directed it to publish a testimony inside 3 weeks.
Refusing to halt the Election Fee’s delimitation process in Assam, the bench had mentioned that it will no longer factor any order combating the election fee from taking any more motion concerning the delimitation workout within the state.