Assam Police on June 27 detained protestors in Karimganj who were staging a demonstration against the proposed delimitation draft by the Election Commission of India (ECI).Several organisations and political parties have called for a 12-hour bandh in Barak Valley, Cachar, Karimganj and Hailakandi districts of the State as a protest against the proposed delimitation draft by the ECI.
The Election Commission of India on June 20 published the draft proposal for delimitation of Assembly and Parliamentary Constituencies for Assam, said a statement by ECI. Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha, Congress MLA, Karimganj district has called the process "illegal" citing that no guidelines have been followed in this delimitation. "No guidelines have been followed in this delimitation process. When delimitation was done last time, population of Barak Valley was 20 lakh, now it is 45 lakh. But now, our seats have been reduced. No geographical survey has been done in the region. This whole process is illegal which is protested by us," Kamalakhya Dey Purkayastha told ANI.
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