{"id":114948,"date":"2021-06-26T11:08:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-26T05:38:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=114948"},"modified":"2021-07-01T11:42:27","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:12:27","slug":"pm-backs-delimitation-exercise-grassroots-democracy-in-jk","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-backs-delimitation-exercise-grassroots-democracy-in-jk\/","title":{"rendered":"PM backs delimitation exercise, grassroots democracy in J&#038;K"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is the News?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"none\">Delimitation of constituencies is being carried out in union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Recently, Prime Minister of India chaired a meeting with\u00a0political\u00a0parties of Jammu\u00a0and Kashmir.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">What is Delimitation?<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"35\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"72\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Delimitation<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0is the redrawing of\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">boundaries of an assembly or Lok Sabha constituency<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">\u00a0to reflect changes\u00a0in\u00a0the population of a region.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"35\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"73\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Conducted by:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Parliament enacts a Delimitation Act under Article 82 of the Constitution and an independent high-powered panel known as the Delimitation Commission is constituted by the President of India to carry out the exercise.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"35\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"74\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Composition<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Retired Supreme Court judge, Chief Election Commissioner and Respective State Election Commissioners.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"35\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"75\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Associate members<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: Members of Parliament and Legislative Assemblies of states for which the Delimitation Commission is set up, are nominated as associate members to help the commission in its task.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"35\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"76\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Powers<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">: The Delimitation Commission is a high power body whose orders have the\u00a0<\/span><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">force of law and cannot be called in question before any court<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Delimitation in J&amp;K:<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"36\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"77\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Delimitation in J&amp;K\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">had followed a slightly different trajectory than in the rest of the country due to the special status it was accorded under Article 370.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"36\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"78\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">While the\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">delimitation of Lok Sabha seats in J&amp;K was governed by the Constitution of India,\u00a0Assembly seats\u00a0allocation\u00a0was\u00a0governed\u00a0under\u00a0Jammu and Kashmir Representation of the People Act, 1957.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"36\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"79\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The last\u00a0Delimitation exercise\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">was conducted in J&amp;K in 1995 based on the 1981 census.\u00a0There was no census in the state in 1991.And after the 2001 census, the J&amp;K assembly had passed a law putting on hold delimitation till 2026.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\u25cf\" data-font=\"Arial, Arial_MSFontService, sans-serif\" data-listid=\"36\" aria-setsize=\"-1\" data-aria-posinset=\"80\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">However, following the abrogation\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">of Article 370 in 2019 Jammu and Kashmir lost its special status and became a Union\u00a0Territory. Hence, a delimitation commission has been constituted to carve out Assembly and Parliament seats.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;134233279&quot;:true,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Source:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><a href=\"https:\/\/epaper.thehindu.com\/Home\/MShareArticle?OrgId=GL08N0H5H.1&amp;imageview=0\"><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">The Hindu<\/span><\/b><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:276}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News?\u00a0 Delimitation of constituencies is being carried out in union territory of Jammu and Kashmir. Recently, Prime Minister of India chaired a meeting with\u00a0political\u00a0parties of Jammu\u00a0and Kashmir.\u00a0\u00a0 What is Delimitation?\u00a0 Delimitation\u00a0is the redrawing of\u00a0boundaries of an assembly or Lok Sabha constituency\u00a0to reflect changes\u00a0in\u00a0the population of a region.\u00a0\u00a0 Conducted by:\u00a0The Parliament enacts a&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/pm-backs-delimitation-exercise-grassroots-democracy-in-jk\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">PM backs delimitation exercise, grassroots democracy in J&#038;K<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8043,1566,1760,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-114948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-current-affairs-cat","category-daily-factly-articles","category-polity-and-nation","category-public","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":{"total":0,"cached_at":"","cached_date":1704678797},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=114948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/114948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=114948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=114948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=114948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}