Empowering LG to nominate members to J&K assembly unconstitutional and undemocratic: Political parties in Kashmir

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BJP's government's proposed introduction of a bill in the parliament to reserve three seats in the legislative assembly of Jammu and Kashmir for Kashmiri migrants and refugees from the Pakistan occupied Kashmir. The political parties maintained that the central government's move to amend the J&K Reorganization Act 2019 for this reservation, in absence of an elected government and assembly in J&K, subverts the constitutional and democratic right and will of the people of the union territory.

The central government plans to to reserve three seats in the legislative assembly in J&K for Kashmiri migrants and displaced people from the PoK. This will increase the total number of reserved seats in the J&K assembly to five inclduing two already reserved for women.

The National Conference chief spokesperson Tanvir Sadiq accused the BJP of trying to use the proposed reservation bill as a walking stick to reap election dividends in J&K. «I have no problem with representation to under-represented communities.

That was also the logic behind having an upper house which was scrapped under the J&K Reorganisation Act,» said Sadiq adding, «This should be the prerogative of an elected government and not an un-elected representative of Delhi.» The NC leader said the fact that the LG is being authorised to nominate any person is another admission that the BJP are convinced they will lose the next election in J&K and are using the nomination route to try to get a handful of members in the house. Sadiq reiterated that the NC has rejected the J&K Reorganisation Act of 2019 and that the entire process is currently under judicial scrutiny in the Supreme Court where hearing on the petition is starting on August 2.