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Goa to reserve 4 Assembly seats for ST in one month
Goa will finish the process of reserving four Assembly seats for Scheduled Tribes within a month, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said after the Union government notified the enabling law. India Today reports…
The Story in Brief
Goa will finish the process of reserving four Assembly seats for Scheduled Tribes within a month, Chief Minister Pramod Sawant said after the Union government notified the enabling law. India Today reports that the Election Commission will appoint a Census Commissioner to calculate the ST population share in each constituency. The move gives political reservation to tribals in the 40-member House for the first time, fulfilling a long-pending demand ahead of state elections next year.
The Indian Opinion
The government calls this a historic step, but some quarters are already stoking confusion over seat boundaries. The real test is whether the final notification, based on census data, will give ST communities a fair share in proportion to their population, or leave them shortchanged. Watch for the exact constituencies the Election Commission reserves.
Source: indiatoday.in
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