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New Delhi: The government is coming out with an ordinance soon to exclude “problem states” from the delimitation process as the exercise of redrawing constituencies has got a green signal in most of the States. Authoritative sources said that the government would arm itself with powers not to notify delimitation of a particular State and the decision to this effect had been taken recently. While the government has not named the States to be covered by the ordinance, it is expected that it would be applicable to Nagaland, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur and Jharkhand. It is unclear whether the Assembly elections in Karnataka due by May this year would be held as per redrawn constituencies but government sources believe that delimitation process would be implemented after that elections. There have been problems in the five States due to various reasons including law and order problem and issues concerning SC/ST census. The Cabinet Committee on Political Affairs had last week approved the exercise despite many politicians being unhappy over it. The Commission, headed by Justice Kuldip Singh, has submitted its report in respect of 25 States covering over 513 Lok Sabha constituencies out of 543. The report was tabled in Parliament last month. Work has also been completed in redrawing 3,726 Assembly constituencies in 25 States. The BJP as well as the Left parties were in favour of an early notification to implement the Commission’s report under which the number of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe Parliamentary constituencies will increase at the cost of general seats. Close Congress allies such as RJD and JMM have been unhappy with the report. — PTI
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