Speaker Om Birla nominates Rajdeep Roy, other MPs to assist delimitation commission

Lok Sabha Speaker Om Birla has nominated 15 MPs from Jammu and Kashmir, Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, and Manipur as Associate Members to assist the Delimitation Commission in re-drawing the Lok Sabha as well as assembly constituencies of the union territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the northeastern states like Assam, Manipur and Arunachal Pradesh.

From Assam 5 MPs are nominated, they are Pallab Lochan Das, Abdul Khaleque, Rajdeep Roy, Dilip Saikia and Naba Kumar Sarania. Two Union Ministers have also been nominated as Associate Members, Kiren Rijiju and  Jitendra Singh. Former Jammu and Kashmir Chief Minister Farooq Abdullah has also been nominated as an Associate Member.

The Delimitation Commission was constituted on 7 March under the chairmanship of retired Supreme Court judge Justice Ranjana Prakash Desai.

However, the time-limit for delimitation has not been fixed yet. According to sources, the task towards this direction will be completed in a year.

There are a total of 114 assembly seats in Jammu and Kashmir out of which 24 assembly seats are reserved for Pakistan-occupied Kashmir. Till now, elections have been held in 90 assembly seats. There is a possibility of increasing seats following delimitation.