The moment Mr Amit Shah took the office as the Home Minister news regarding Delimitation started to float on the internet the most worrying lots are separatists and political leaders in Kashmir because over six decades the region has been exploited because of the fault in the system created by the first PM of Jammu And Kashmir who played foul while distributing constitutional seats. Currently, representation in assembly is heavily skewed in favour of Kashmir region at the cost of Jammu and Ladakh regions. Kashmir accounts for 15.8% of the area and 54.9% of the population. Jammu region accounts for 25.9% of the area and 42.9% of the population while the Ladakh region has 2.2% of the population but 58.3% of the area. (Figures from Census of 2011). The last delimitation exercise was done in 1992-95 and possibly the full impact of forced migration of Hindus from the valley region was never fully factored in. In 2002 Farooq Abdullah, when he and his party were in power, arbitrarily amended the state’s constitution to prevent any delimitation exercise till 2026. It was done, without any doubt, to retain political power within the Kashmir valley region that has a predominantly Muslim population of over 96%. Obviously, this was not a democratic step but more an arbitrary and motivated measure to suit vested interests. Thus J&K did not figure in the nationwide delimitation exercise carried out in 2008. Currently, the Kashmir region has 46 seats, Jammu 37 and Ladakh only 4 seats in the state assembly. Thus fresh Delimitation can change the complete politics of Jammu And Kashmir and the region can even get their first Hindu CM.
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