Election Commission Starts 3-Day Public Hearing On Assam's Controversial Delimitation Draft

The Assam delimitation draft proposes a parliamentary seat named Kaziranga. The number of assembly seats has been retained at 126 and the number of Lok Sabha seats at 14

A full bench of the Election Commission led by Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar has started its three-day visit to Assam to hold talks on the state delimitation draft.

The team, which is in Guwahati today, will hold public sittings on suggestions, objections and proposals that the commission has received on the delimitation draft. The public sittings will be held till Friday in Guwahati and other districts.

Several organisations and parties have objected to the draft proposal.