Migrant KPs meet delimitation panel members for workable solution to electoral representation of the Pandit community 

Srinagar March 27 :(KNS)  Members of migrant Kashmiri Pandits called on the Chairperson and other members of the delimitation commission and briefed them for a workable solution to electoral representation of migrant Kashmiri Pandits. 


Sources said Delimitation Commission comprising of Chairperson Retd. Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai, Ex-Officio Member Shri Sushil Chandra (Election Commissioner), Dy Election commissioner and their team held an hour-long meeting with displaced Kashmiri Pandit Members  Dr Romesh Raina, Dr Manorama Bakshi, Sh Sanjay Sapru and Ms Alka Lahori meeting to seek their views/suggestions on delimitation process of J&K & Political empowerment of  Kashmiri Pandit Community. 


The team submitted a memorandum to Chairperson Desai. The commission was informed to consider institutional protection to safeguard the electoral prospects of the  Kashmiri Pandit community . Team  reminded the commission that this body could be laying guiding parameters for providing representation to the  people of the community . The Kashmiri Pandit members have said this has become possible only after the passage of the Re-organization of J&K act of 2019. The team urged the Chairperson and team to create a legitimate electoral space in all the conceivable areas of electoral activity of Jammu and Kashmir for KPs. The highlights of the discussion were based on the recommendations and suggestions in the memorandum attached .
The Chairperson Delimitation and Election commissioner appreciated the suggestions put by the team and said the presentation. 


The team under the given circumstances impressed upon the Delimitation Commission for an out of box solution to the vexed issue.  While taking note of the suggestion , Commission in its concluding remarks urged the team to remain connected in order to find a workable solution to the issue of electoral representation of Kashmiri Pandit Community.(KNS)

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