Policy on delimitation is flawed, says Ajay Maken

Delhi Pradesh Congress Committee president Ajay Maken on Wednesday said some forces are deliberately trying to create anomalies in the delimitation process of the MCD wards so that someone can file a PIL in the court and delay the MCD elections due in 2017.

Addressing a press conference, Mr Maken said the draft report on the delimitation process prepared by the Delhi Election Commission is full of flaws: “It is in gross violation of the notification of the Lt. Governor which stated that boundary of a ward in a corporation should be carved within the boundary of the Assembly constituency and shall not cross it.”

Mr Maken added that in 60 out of the 68 Assembly constituencies the boundaries have been crossed. “For example, Katwaria Sarai, which is part of Mehrauli, has been shifted to the Malviya Nagar constituency; similarly Kirki Extension, which is part of the Greater Kailash Assembly constituency, has been shifted to Malviya Nagar. cy.” The congress leader said the draft report has also left out some historical places like Hazrat Nizamuddin in the determination of the new wards. In some places, wards have been made in the name of booths.