On Delimitation, Citizen's Registry In Assam, Poll Panel Says No Link
NDTV
The updation of the National Register of Citizens and delimitation exercise are two separate legal processes and there is no bar on carrying them out simultaneously, said Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar
People whose names were included in the 2001 census will be part of Assam's delimitation exercise, the Chief Election Commissioner Rajiv Kumar said today, clarifying on opposition parties' concerns about the 1.9 million people left out in the final draft of the National Register of citizens.
The updation of the National Register of Citizens and delimitation exercise are two separate legal processes and there is no bar on carrying them out simultaneously, Mr Kumar said.
The Poll Commission chief also said that 126 assembly seats and 14 parliamentary seats will remain the same, even after delimitation, indicating that the boundaries of the constituencies will be redrawn.
The supplementary NRC list published on August 31, 2019, had found more than 31.1 million people eligible to be included in the registry. It has also left out over 1.9 million people.
