Delimitation of Constituencies Issue
Advani assures support to Manipur all party team:
Imphal, Dec 10: Delegates of the state all political party forum currently in New Delhi to campaign for delinking Manipur from the delimitation process met with the Opposition leader of the Lok Sabha, LK Advani on Monday seeking his support for their demand seeking a halt to the delimitation process in the state.
The all party delegation briefed the BJP leader on various aspects of the controversial issue of delimitation in the state, and made it clear that carrying forward delimitation in Manipur on the basis of the ‘bogus’ 2001 census report would result in undesirable consequences, according to a statement of the NCP general secretary K Sharatkumar on behalf of the all political parties delegation.
The BJP leader has assured the delegation that he would suggest to the Central government to convene an all political parties meet to consider the delegation’s demands, particularly for delinking the states of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, which all have outstanding issues pertaining to the 2001 census report, from the current process of delimitation.
The all party delegation, led by Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh, was due to meet the BJP president Rajnath Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister later on Monday, according to the statement.
The all party delegation has also expressed concern over the failure of MPCC president Gaikhangam to attend the meeting convened by the Delimitation Commission today along with associate members from Manipur, to discuss the delimitation work in the state, particularly the proposals contained in the draft working papers prepared by the commission.
Sharatkumar’s statement noted that Gaikhangam’s absence from the meeting was despite the earlier resolution adopted by the All Political Parties Forum to the effect that all associate members of the delimitation committee from Manipur should compulsorily attend Monday’s meeting.
An explanation would be sought for Gaikhangam’s absence from the meeting, the statement added.
Source: The Imphal Free Press
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Imphal, Dec 10: Delegates of the state all political party forum currently in New Delhi to campaign for delinking Manipur from the delimitation process met with the Opposition leader of the Lok Sabha, LK Advani on Monday seeking his support for their demand seeking a halt to the delimitation process in the state.
The all party delegation briefed the BJP leader on various aspects of the controversial issue of delimitation in the state, and made it clear that carrying forward delimitation in Manipur on the basis of the ‘bogus’ 2001 census report would result in undesirable consequences, according to a statement of the NCP general secretary K Sharatkumar on behalf of the all political parties delegation.
The BJP leader has assured the delegation that he would suggest to the Central government to convene an all political parties meet to consider the delegation’s demands, particularly for delinking the states of Manipur, Nagaland, Assam and Arunachal Pradesh, which all have outstanding issues pertaining to the 2001 census report, from the current process of delimitation.
The all party delegation, led by Manipur chief minister O Ibobi Singh, was due to meet the BJP president Rajnath Singh, Congress president Sonia Gandhi and the Prime Minister later on Monday, according to the statement.
The all party delegation has also expressed concern over the failure of MPCC president Gaikhangam to attend the meeting convened by the Delimitation Commission today along with associate members from Manipur, to discuss the delimitation work in the state, particularly the proposals contained in the draft working papers prepared by the commission.
Sharatkumar’s statement noted that Gaikhangam’s absence from the meeting was despite the earlier resolution adopted by the All Political Parties Forum to the effect that all associate members of the delimitation committee from Manipur should compulsorily attend Monday’s meeting.
An explanation would be sought for Gaikhangam’s absence from the meeting, the statement added.
Source: The Imphal Free Press
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