The AllAssamStudents Union (Aasu) has welcomed constituency delimitation draft byECIfor Assam, when scores of organisations and are up in arms against it.
After being silent since publication of the delimitation draft last month, the Aasu Leadership, in a news conference here on Wednesday, called the draft publication a positive beginning.
Contrary to the objections put forward by the opposition parties on the decision to carry out the ongoing delimitation exercise based on the 2001 census, Aasu said 2001 as thebase yearis welcome for the ongoing delimitation. But in future delimitation exercises, Aasu said it should be based on the 1991 census.
The demographic pattern of the constituencies has changed in Assam over the years due to illegal infiltration. Had the delimitation exercise been carried out based on the 1991 census figures, we could have expected better representation of the indigenous people from the constituencies. Delimitation based on 2011 is totally undesirable as in many constituencies the demographic pattern has changed due to illegal infiltration, Aasu president (in-charge) Utpal Sarma said.