Jammu and Kashmir Delimitation Commission likely to get another extension
The Hindu
Panel will meet in February in Delhi
The J&K Delimitation Commission, which was constituted on March 6, 2020, not long after Jammu & Kashmir’s special Constitutional position was ended in August 2019, is likely to get a second extension of its term this month. This may further delay any announcement of Assembly elections in the Union Territory.
Official sources said the three-member Commission, headed by retired judge Ranjana Prakash Desai, after sharing its first draft report with five associate members, including three Members of Parliament (MPs) of the National Conference (NC) and two Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) MPs, in December 2021, is planning to make its draft proposal public this month for broad-based feedback from J&K’s parties, civil society groups and citizens. With its second tenure nearing an end in the next 34 days, the J&K Delimitation Commission’s members are likely to hold a meeting in New Delhi in the coming days to take a final call on the extension and its period.