The State Election Commission (SEC), set up by the Centre to re-carve municipal wards in the national Capital ahead of municipal polls, has received over 1,700 suggestions and objections on the delimitation commission's draft report.
Sources said after publication of the public notice on September 13 around 1,720 suggestions/objections were received till 5 PM on October 3.“These include suggestions from the public, political parties, Resident Welfare Associations and Non-Governmental Organisations relating to either changing the ward boundaries or changing the names,” they said.
Many applications received by the SEC are repeated in numbers and will be disposed off as per extant guidelines, thereby setting in motion process for issuance of Final Delimitation Order by Central Government. Last week, the AAP objected to the delimitation commission's draft report, flagging wide variations in number of electorates in different municipal wards. The party demanded equal distribution of voters across seats and civic elections "at the earliest".
To unify the three MCD’s, a Bill was approved by the Lok Sabha on March 30 and by the Rajya Sabha on April 5. The Bill became an Act after President Ram Nath Kovind gave his assent to it on April 18. According to the Act, the number of wards in Delhi will reduce from the existing 272 to 250, which means that civic body will have to undergo a delimitation exercise before the election.