It is good that Delimitation Commission is afoot to complete the process of fragmentation of constituencies in Jammu and Kashmir as soon as possible but still there are signs that things might take time as the National Conference has sought agenda of meeting called by the Commission on December 20 to decide party’s next course of action. The Delimitation Commission headed by Justice (Retired) Ranjana Prakash Desai has called crucial meeting with Associate Members in New Delhi on December 20 to discuss and share with them the progress achieved by the Panel in delimitation of 90 Assembly Constituencies in the Union Territory. In response to this invitation, the National Conference has dispatched a letter seeking agenda of the meeting so that the party could decide whether it will join the party or not. This is a matter of concern for the people who are waiting for long to know what the outcome of the delimitation process will be because the same will decide the future of J&K and its people. The Commission has five Associate Members who have been invited to the meeting through emails sent to them. These include Union Minister of State in the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) Dr Jitendra Singh and Jugal Kishore Sharma, MP Jammu-Poonch Lok Sabha constituency, both from BJP and Dr Farooq Abdullah, Mohammad Akbar Lone and Hasnain Masoodi, all three National Conference Lok Sabha members from Kashmir. The associate members should act prudently and help aforesaid Commission to complete its job sooner than later as it holds much significance as far as J&K’s future is concerned. Pertinently, it will be the second meeting called by the Delimitation Commission with five Associate Members. First meeting on February 18 this year was attended only by two BJP MPs and was boycotted by all three National Conference members. It is in interest of all that five associate members become part of this crucial meeting and no one especially NC leaders do not play a spoilsport again. Reportedly, Delimitation Commission is expected to share its findings completed so far with Associate Members.
