The central point of Delimitation Commission’s J&K visit during which it met over 400 delegations from across UT is its openness towards accepting the suggestions and giving due weightage to the objections as well because this aspect is highly praiseworthy and good for the people of J&K. It is pertinent to mention that the Delimitation Commission assured the delegations who called on the Commission in Jammu as well as Srinagar that the commission shall consider their genuine suggestions/grievances sympathetically in accordance with the Delimitation Act giving an idea that the aforesaid panel is open to listen to public demand and aspirations. Earlier, the Commission decided to provide personal hearing to all these delegations, both in Jammu as well as Srinagar so that the public can directly interact with the members of the Commission and present their suggestions before them. To the satisfaction of all, the aforesaid panel gave opportunity to delegates for highlighting any additional points for the consideration of the Commission, which they have missed earlier or want to lay more stress on the same. The opportunity reportedly was well utilized by the people as hundreds of delegations appeared before the commission and this was not enough but what was discussed was also duly noted down by the commission for further necessary action. It is pertinent to mention that the Delimitation exercise has been carried out by the Commission in a record time of two years despite the prevalence of COVID-19 pandemic in the country. The Commission for the first time in the history of Jammu and Kashmir has proposed to reserve nine seats for the Scheduled Tribes and in addition to it, seven seats have been proposed to be reserved for Scheduled Castes. No one can raise any doubt on the accountability of the delimitation exercise as it was a fully democratic and transparent process carried out to benefit the people of Jammu and Kashmir by ensuring fair deal which allegedly was missing earlier. The Commission is headed by its Chairperson, Justice (Retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai with Chief Election Commissioner, Sushil Chandra and State Election Commissioner, K K Sharma as its members. The five members of Lok Sabha from J&K are its associate members.