Delimitation gives BJP hope in Jammu but Kashmir still out of its grasp

Delimitation gives BJP hope in Jammu but Kashmir still out of its grasp

The Delimitation Commission has notified all the new assembly and five parliamentary constituencies of Jammu and Kashmir, recommending for the first time the reservation of seats in the J&K assembly for Kashmiri migrants, including those displaced from Pakistan-occupied JK. The commission, headed by Supreme Court Justice (retd) Ranjana Prakash Desai, has increased the number of assembly seats in J&K from 83 to 90, with the BJP’s stronghold of Jammu walking away with a lion’s share of six new seats, even though the region has a smaller population (53 lakh) as…

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