JAMMU: Jammu and Kashmir Congress on Sunday set up a 10-member committee to deal with the issues of proposed delimitation of parliamentary and assembly constituencies in the Union Territory.
The committee, headed by former JKCC president and former minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, includes former MP Madan Lal Sharma, former deputy chief minister Tara Chand, former ministers Taj Mohiuddin, M S Niaz and R S Chib, former legislators Ravinder Sharma, A S Micky, Shah Mohd Choudhary and Vinod Koul.
Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief GA Mir said the committee will keep track of various aspects of delimitation and guide the party on the issue. “Later, a sub-committee will be constituted to regularly deliberate on various technical aspects of the matter,” Mir added.
The Centre had in March this year announced a delimitation commission, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the Union Territory.
All five Lok Sabha MPs from Jammu and Kashmir — three from the National Conference (NC) and two from the BJP — have been nominated as ‘associate members’ of the Delimitation Commission to assist the panel in redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies.
However, National Conference has announced its decision not to participate in the exercise as the constituencies of the erstwhile state were to be delimited in 2026 along with the rest of the country. The decision, taken in a meeting chaired by Dr Farooq Abdullah, was announced by NC chief spokesperson Ruhullah Mehdi in May.
The committee, headed by former JKCC president and former minister Peerzada Mohammad Sayeed, includes former MP Madan Lal Sharma, former deputy chief minister Tara Chand, former ministers Taj Mohiuddin, M S Niaz and R S Chib, former legislators Ravinder Sharma, A S Micky, Shah Mohd Choudhary and Vinod Koul.
Jammu and Kashmir Congress chief GA Mir said the committee will keep track of various aspects of delimitation and guide the party on the issue. “Later, a sub-committee will be constituted to regularly deliberate on various technical aspects of the matter,” Mir added.
The Centre had in March this year announced a delimitation commission, to be headed by former Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, to redraw Lok Sabha and assembly constituencies of the Union Territory.
All five Lok Sabha MPs from Jammu and Kashmir — three from the National Conference (NC) and two from the BJP — have been nominated as ‘associate members’ of the Delimitation Commission to assist the panel in redrawing parliamentary and assembly constituencies.
However, National Conference has announced its decision not to participate in the exercise as the constituencies of the erstwhile state were to be delimited in 2026 along with the rest of the country. The decision, taken in a meeting chaired by Dr Farooq Abdullah, was announced by NC chief spokesperson Ruhullah Mehdi in May.
