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Reconstitution of Assembly segments soon
THE NAMES, present form and number of different Assembly segments will be changed in view of the proposal of the commission constituted for demarcation and reconstitution of Assembly segments for the next Assembly election in the division.
THE NAMES, present form and number of different Assembly segments will be changed in view of the proposal of the commission constituted for demarcation and reconstitution of Assembly segments for the next Assembly election in the division.
One more Assembly segment will be added in Kushinagar district while one Assembly segment will be detached from Maharajganj district.
A new Assembly segment will be added in Deoria district for the scheduled caste.
In Gorakhpur district, the number of Assembly segments will remain the same.
According to sources, the commission has invited objections from political parties on the proposed changes in the Assembly segments and their names.
At present, Maharajganj district consists of six Assembly segments. In the next election, there will be five Assembly seats in the district. Similarly, Kushinagar district, which consists of six Assembly segments, will have seven segments in the next election.
Pathardeva will be the new Assembly segment in Deoria district of the division, which will be reserved for the scheduled caste. The Assembly segment will consist of a large population of Bakhira, Desai and Pathardewa blocks.
In Gorakhpur, the names of Chillupar, Kauriram, Dhuriapart, Maniram and Mundera Bazar Assembly segments are likely to be changed in the next Assembly election.
These Assembly segments are being represented by Cabinet Minister Harishanker Tiwari, State Minister Rambhual Nishad, rebel SP MLA Kamlesh Paswan and Sharda Devi.
According to sources, the new Assembly segments likely to be formed include Khajani, Gola, Chauri Chaura and Campierganj.
Gorakhpur city will be divided in two Assembly segments—- Gorakhpur urban and Gorakhpur rural.
According to the proposal of the commission, Maniram Assembly segment along with a large chunk of Sadar Assembly segment, will be known as Gorakhpur urban Assembly segment, while a sizeable area and population of Pipraich and Kauriram will be called Gorakhpur rural.
The demarcation and reconstitution of the Assembly segments will be based on the population of 2001, though the number of Assembly and Parliament seats will not be disturbed.
However, in 30 districts of the State, the number of Assembly seats will be increased or decreased and the number of total seats reserved for the scheduled caste will be reduced from 89 to 85.
