The day when the 7th Pay Commission was announced, Muslim leaders demanded a delimitation commission, as suggested by the Sachar Committee, to take a relook at assembly constituencies with high Muslim population reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates. The Sachar Committee had noted in its report that the matter was in the purview of the Delimitation Commission. On 16 September, when Muslim leaders met the Prime Minister on the issue of communal violence in Muzaffarnagar, the delegation reminded Manmohan Singh about the anomaly. But he replied saying that in view of the upcoming general election appointment of delimitation commission was not feasible. Dr. Zafar Mahmood, who was the PM-appointed officer on special duty to Sachar Committee, told media persons, objecting on the Prime Minister’s remark, “If the 7th Pay Commission can be appointed ahead of the elections, why not a delimitation commission to rectify this anomaly?”
WHY NOT DELIMITATION COMMITTEE: ASK MUSLIM LEADERS
The day when the 7th Pay Commission was announced, Muslim leaders demanded a delimitation commission, as suggested by the Sachar Committee, to take a relook at assembly constituencies with high Muslim population reserved for Scheduled Caste candidates. The Sachar Committee had noted in its report that the matter was in the purview of the Delimitation…
