PAGD likely to approach SC for challenging Delimitation Commission

JAMMU — Peoples Alliance for Gupkar Declaration (PAGD) on Tuesday said that it will explore the possibility of challenging the ‘deeds’ of Delimitation Commission in the Supreme Court of India.

While talking to news agency Kashmir News Trust over phone from Jammu, PAGD spokesperson, Muhammad Yousuf Tarigami said that if the proposal of the Commission to grant six seats to Jammu and one to Kashmir is finalized, it will find ways and means to challenge the Commission in the Supreme Court of India.

“We will do it if Delimitation Commission’s proposal becomes a reality. Earlier also, the exercise of the Commission was challenged in Assam and we will explore all the possibilities and will challenge the Commission in the court of law what it has done in Jammu and Kashmir,” he said.

Pertinently, almost all the political parties from Kashmir Valley had alleged that the decision to conduct the process of delimitation exercise was not only a hasty decision but also stood contrary to the very idea behind conducting delimitation.

PAGD leaders, who met here in Jammu under its President Dr Farooq Abdullah, also decided to hold a peaceful protest on January 1 at Srinagar against these divisive and unacceptable recommendations of the Commission.

The amalgam appealed the people of Gujar and Pahari speaking communities also to remain together at this hour of serious crisis.

”We want peace and do not want any confrontation with any institution or government. However, we will raise our voice for the defence of legitimate rights of the people in a peaceful manner and have decided to hold a peaceful demonstration in Srinagar on January 1 against the proposal put forward by the Delimitation Commission,” PAGD chief spokesperson and CPI(M) leader M Y Tarigami told reporters in Jammu.

He added, “In our view, the draft is unacceptable to the people of all communities.”