Delhi Congress today alleged "anomalies" in the delimitation process of wards to "delay" the next year's Municipal Corporation of Delhi (MCD) elections.
"The draft report prepared by Delhi Election Commission in regard of delimitation process is full of flaws. It violates the Lt Governor's notification stating boundary of a ward in a corporation should be carved within the boundary of the Assembly constituency," Delhi Congress president Ajay Maken told reporters.
In 60 out of the 68 Assembly constituencies, the ward boundaries have been crossed as in case of Katwaria Sarai, which is part of Mehrauli, has been shifted to the Malviya Nagar Assembly constituency, he claimed.
"The draft report has also left out some historical places like Hazrat Nizamuddin in the determination of the new wards. In some places, wards have been made in the name of booths," he said.
Maken also alleged that the present delimitation exercise violates 1957 Act that says population of each ward should be same throughout the area.
"In the present case population is more than average in 40 wards while the population is less than average in 14 wards," he claimed.
Congress workers will stage a protest outside State Election Commission office on July 25 demanding rectification of the anomalies in the draft report.
