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| Election Laws (Amendment) Bill Intr |
| Election Laws (Amendment) Bill Introduced In Lok Sabha
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| INDIA
, 24-February-2016
6:17:35 AM |
| A bill to amend two electoral laws to allow a limited delimitation exercise in West Bengal for granting voting rights to people who became Indian citizens following the exchange of enclaves with Bangladesh was introduced in the Lok Sabha today.
The Election Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2016, introduced by Law Minister DV Sadananda Gowda, seeks to amend Section 11 of the Delimitation Act, 2002 and Section 9 of the Representation of the People Act, 1950.
As the term of the 294-member West Bengal Assembly ends on May 29 and elections are likely to be held before that, there is a need for early passage of the bill. Government is hopeful that it would be passed by both the Houses in the next two days without discussion.
At a recent meeting between officials of the Law Ministry and the Election Commission, the poll body made it clear that it was necessary to grant voting rights to these people as the assembly polls in the state were nearing.
Following delimitation, these people will be made voters of assembly and parliamentary constituencies.
Once passed, the proposed Bill will enable the Election Commission to carry out a limited delimitation of assembly and parliamentary constituencies in Cooch Behar district of West Bengal following the exchange of 51 Bangladeshi and 111 Indian enclaves in July last year.
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