Steps to form delimitation commission after Onam: Keralam Minister
Kerala's Revenue Minister A.P. Anilkumar announced that a delimitation commission will be formed after the Onam festival to study district reorganization. The move aims to address long-standing demands for new districts, including Muvattupuzha, while ensuring fair representation for regions like Malappuram.
Why it matters
Administrative reorganization impacts local governance, resource allocation, and political representation in the state.
A delimitation commission will soon be formed to study the matter of district reorganisation in Keralam, Revenue Minister A.P. Anilkumar has said. Mr. Anilkumar told mediapersons that steps to constitute the commission will begin right after Onam. Which districts would be formed would be decided on the basis of the commission report, Mr. Anilkumar said.
Making a new district with Muvattupuzha as its headquarters is a decades-old demand. It was after Muvattupuzha MLA Mathew Kuzhalnadan raised this demand that Chief Minister V.D. Satheesan gave a favourable response.
He pointed out that since the Census exercise would extend to 2027, there were restrictions on changing the boundaries of village, taluks, and districts as per the Union government’s instructions. However, there was no hurdle to appointing a delimitation commission.
Malappuram should get the maximum consideration owing to its size and population, the Minister said.
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