Delimitation not possible before 2021 Assam assembly election: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Assam minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday said that there is no possibility of delimitation of constituencies in the state before the 2021 assembly elections. Sarma said that delimitation cannot be done before the 2021 election as it requires constitutional amendment

Sarma added that it will be required while implementing clause 6 of the Assam Accord. So it is an advanced step to keep the delimitation ready before implementing the clause 6.

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Earlier, the Assam government had asked deputy commissioners of all districts of the state to prepare the statistical data and map showing all latest administrative units and developmental units by August 9 for onward submission to the delimitation commission. The instruction sent on August 6 by the state election department says that statistical data of 19 districts, except Karbi Anglong, West Karbi Anglong, Dhubri, South Salmara, Biswanath, Goalpara, Sonitpur, Nagaon, Hojai, Jorhat, Majuli, Sivasagar, Charaideo and Kokrajhar have already submitted the statistical data to the election department.

On March 6, the law ministry notified the delimitation commission for the four northeastern states Assam, Nagaland, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh and J&K which were left out in 2002-08.

It may be mentioned that delimitation is the act of redrawing boundaries of Lok Sabha and assembly seats to represent changes in population. The centre on February 28 this year had cancelled its earlier notifications which deferred delimitation in these states.

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