Guwahati: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on January 1 said that the Assamese society may be preserved through the delimitation process.
On the first day of the new year in 2023, at Koinadhora in Guwahati, he made this statement while chatting with editors and journalists from newspapers, TV channels and digital platforms.
”Through Delimitation exercise we can save Assamese society via demographic change inside Assembly,” he added.
The Assam Chief Minister said that the decision has nothing to do with the delimitation process when questioned about the government’s plan to merge four districts and whether it is a part of it or not.
”In my opinion, they are going to get a high dividend out of this. We didn’t do this because of delimitation but for administrative purposes. After doing this, when I saw the old norms, I realized that the districts will be benefited a lot. This decision will have an impact on the delimitation exercise. The boundaries will be identified on January 1. The decision has been taken for the welfare of the people and the community,” he added.
Notably, the Election Commission of India (ECI) in accordance with Section 8A of the RP Act, 1950 has began delineating Assembly and Parliamentary seats in Assam.
The 2001 Census data will be used for the purpose of readjusting the state’s Assembly and Parliamentary constituencies.