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Mankotia calls on KK Sharma, State Election Commissioner; submits memo

YB WEB DESK. Dated: 1/21/2022 1:30:22 PM

Jammu , Jan 20 Former MLA Balwant Singh Mankotia today Called on State Election Commissioner K.K Sharma here at Jammu in demand to make Landar- Pancheri-Mongri (Bhamag) area as separate Assembly constituency. While leading a delegation of Several Sarpanchs, Panchs etc of the area they also submitted memorandum. Mankotia said that we have already put forward our points before the members of Delimitation Commission, he said that district Udhampur is already backward and Lander Panchari ,Moungri, Bhamag is the most backward area of Udhampur district in the entire J&K, where people are still deprived of mobile network, blacktop road, electricity, water, health, school, etc. This area is divided into 3 assembly constituencies And the people here have been demanding a separate hill assembly constituency for the past several years, he apprised Mankotia said that if the Commission and the government want, then this area can get the status of a separate assembly constituency as the population of the area is more than 40000 and because many panchayats are located along the area, the population of this area has become more than 70000. Mankotia said that there is a constituency named Gurez in Kashmir,the total population of which is 14000. Bani is made assembly constituency over the population of 41000, the Jammu East assembly is formed on the population of 51000 . If Gurez ,Bani, , Jammu East can become a separate assembly constituency, then Why Lander, Panchari, Moungri, Bhamag is not given the status of a separate assembly constituency, the population of which is more than all these assembly constituencies, Mankotia questioned Mankotia said that the officers of the de limitation commission and many leaders of the government had assured these people that they would get the status of a separate assembly constituency, but now people are feeling apprehensive and disturbed about it. So today a memorandum was submitted to KK Sharma in this regard. Mankotia said that the members of de limitation Commission and the government should fulfill the promise made with these people soon, otherwise strong agitation will start at every nook & corner, he warned.