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Opposition to delimitation proposal

Atiq Khan

Move to obliterate Sultanpur LS seat generates heat

LUCKNOW: The Delimitation Commission's proposal to obliterate the Sultanpur Lok Sabha constituency in Uttar Pradesh generated heat on Saturday, the opening day of a two-day hearing here on public objections and suggestions, with the Bahujan Samaj Party MP from the constituency, Mohammed Tahir Khan, suggesting that the Amethi Lok Sabha constituency, not Sultanpur, should cease to exist.

The Amethi parliamentary constituency is in Sultanpur district and is represented by the Congress MP, Rahul Gandhi.

Mr. Khan's suggestion sparked an angry reaction from the strong contingent of Congressmen present at the proceedings with some Congress members moving menacingly towards the MP. They returned to their seats following the intervention of the Chief Election Commissioner, N. Gopalaswami, who conducted the hearing. Later Mr. Khan retracted his statement. Barring the reaction from Congressmen, the demand for saving Sultanpur as a Lok Sabha constituency cut across party lines.

According to the Commission's second draft proposal on the delimitation of Lok Sabha and Assembly constituencies in Uttar Pradesh, the five Asembly segments of the Sultanpur parliamentary constituency have been attached to three Lok Sabha constituencies. While the Jaisinghpur Assembly constituency has been included in the Ambedkar Nagar Lok Sabha seat, Kadipur and Chanda have gone over to the Pratapgarh constituency, and Isauli and Sultanpur incorporated in the Amethi constituency. Mr. Khan assailed the process adopted to delimit which had resulted in Sultanpur losing its existence.

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