Mufti: Centre trying to inflict emotional partition of Jammu and Kashmi

Srinagar Former Chief Minister and Peoples Democratic Party PDP President Mehbooba Mufti said on Tuesday that instead of allowing old wounds to heal the Modi government was inflicting another emotional partition of Jammu and KashmirReacting to media reports that the Centre was contemplating fresh delimitation of Assembly seats to give better and proportionate representation to the Jammu region Mufti said on her Twitter page Distressed to hear about plans to redraw Assembly constituencies in JampKForced delimitation is an obvious attempt to inflict another emotional partition of the state on communal lines Instead of allowing old wounds to heal GoI Government of India is inflicting pain on KashmirisDistressed to hear about GoIs plan to redraw assembly constituencies in JampK Forced delimitation is an obvious attempt to inflict another emotional partition of the state on communal linesInstead of allowing old wounds to heal GoI is inflicting pain on Kashmirismdash Mehbooba Mufti MehboobaMufti June 4 2019Media reports said that Governor Satya Pal Malik who has all the powers under the Constitution because the state is under Presidents rule was likely to form a delimitation commission that would recommend fresh delimitation of Assembly seatsFormer Chief Minister and BJP leader Kavinder Gupta has welcomed the move to give better representation to the Jammu regionJammu region has more population and area when compared to the Valley The delimitation was frozen by the National Conference to ensure that they have a political edge over the people of Jammu Gupta saidAt present the state Assembly has 87 seats 46 in the Kashmir Valley 37 in Jammu region and 4 in Ladakh regionUnder the constitution of the state 24 seats are reserved for Pakistanadministered Kashmir which according to the state constitution is a part of Jammu and KashmirReports said the Jammu region was likely to get eight more Assembly seats raising the number to 45 one less than the 46 the Kashmir Valley presently hasThe Kashmir Valleycentric political parties like PDP and National Conference are likely to strongly oppose the move to lift the freeze on delimitation of Assembly seats as both these parties have a majority of their followers in the ValleyTop Stories of the dayMumbai 14yearold girl leaves home with Rs 5000 to meet Tik Tok star in NepalMumbai Crime Borivli businessman held for raping 19yearold woman in flatMumbai One dead two injured as two cars collide near Mahalaxmi RacecoursePlant twice the number or pay up for new trees Badlapur man who hacked 860 trees toldMumbai 16storey apartments to accommodate 28000 civic cleanersNo more sea view south Mumbai home for the guard from GovandiMumbai doctors suicide Crime Branch wants custody of three accused doctors in Payal Tadvi caseMaharashtra is fifth worst in ragging cases 10 pc ragging complaints over castebased harassmentDeclare internal assessment marks state board tells junior collegesMake Marathi compulsory in schools political parties sayMumbai Auto crackdown nets RTO record revenueRules to regulate babus conduct on new mediaAfter Dabangg 3 Salman Khan to start shooting for Kick 2Mira Rajput trolled for walking barefoot with heels in hand at Mumbai airportAli Abbas Zafar Didnt alter script for KatrinaTaapsee Pannu Dont feel like an insider dont wish to be oneJacqueline Fernandez receives a special token from a young fanKonkona Sensharmas date with the queer communityTelly tattle Faisal Khan takes up gymnastics Kinshuk Vaidyas next based on SairaatMira Rajput with Shahid Kapoor Shilpa Shetty with family clicked in BandraJuhu spotted Sunny Leone and Daniel Webers outing with twins and Nisha is too cuteKatrina Kaifs candid photos Transformation from Boom to Bharatmidday exclusive Ajinkya Rahane to watch IND vs SA from his hotel balconyWorld Cup 2019 A hattrick of opener hundreds beckons Virat KohliWorld Cup 2019 German footballer Thomas Mueller roots for Virat KohliCatch up on all the latest Crime National International and Hatke news here Also download the new midday Android and iOS apps to get latest updates