Srinagar April 5: Apni Party held a discussion over Delimitation Report infront of the Delimitation Commission headed by the retired Supreme Court judge Ranjana Prakash Desai at SKICC Srinagar.The delegation was led by District President Budgam Muntazir Mohi-ud-din and Apni Party District President Srinagar Noor Mohammad Sheikh along with other party leaders who appraised the panel about the callous turnup of the report as it was based on zero ground exercise without consulting the people and their representatives from different constituencies.Besides this the party members also brought into the notice of the panel the area wise allocation of the seats which is a major loophole in the report. The members proposed a draft which would allocate the seats as per the population census 2011 which would be a balanced and fair decision. They raised their demands about the districts qualifying for additional seats in Anantnag, Srinagar, Budgam because of the large population census. Besides this , they also proposed additional seats for Poonch and Rajouri. The panel was also appraised about the neglected factors which include geographical impediments, distance, weather conditions, accessibility and regional balance have been outrightly ignored. They also demanded that the current arrangement of the Parliamentary constituencies should be kept intact.(CNS)
