Assam: CEC to hold discussion with political parties over delimitation process

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Guwahati: To oversee the constituency delimitation process, the Chief Election Comissioner(CEC) of India Rajiv Kumar will be coming to Assam on March 26.

Kumar will be on a three-day visit to the state and be accompanied with election commissioners Anup Pandey and Arun Goel. He will hold discussions with political parties regarding the re-determination of the constituencies.

“The Election Commission of India has been entrusted for the delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies of the State of Assam. In this context, the Commission (Sh. Rajiv Kumar, Hon’ble CEC, Sh. Anup Chandra Pandey, Hon’ble EC, and Sh. Arun Goel, Hon’ble EC) has decided to visit the State of Assam from 26th March 2023 to 28th March 2023 for knowing the ground reality and expectations of the stakeholders/general public from the Commission on the ongoing delimitation exercise in the State of Assam”, the statement said.

The Chief Election Comissioner Rajiv Kumar will be holding a press meet on March 28 regarding the issue.

“In this regard, Hon’ble Commission would interact with Recognized National and State political parties on 27.03.2023 from 09:00 AM to 12:00 Noon at Radisson Blu Hotel, Guwahati, and with public representatives, civil societies, and social organizations on 27.03.2023 from 01:00 PM onwards at Radisson Blu Hotel, Guwahati”, the statement added.

Delimitation is the process of redrawing boundaries of Lok Sabha and State Assembly constituencies based on a recent census to ensure each seat has an almost equal number of voters. It is ideally carried out every few years after a census by an independent Delimitation Commission formed under the provision of the Delimitation Commission Act.

After the announcement of delimitation of constituencies in Assam, people stage protests across the state against the announcement.

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