Panaji (Goa): The reservation and delimitation of the wards in panchayats would be done by State Election Commission in future, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar has said.

“We want State Election Commission (SEC) to do the delimitation and reservation of the wards. We want them to do it because there is certain perceptions that the exercise is being taken with certain motives,” he said.

The Chief Minister said he has issued directions that immediately after the upcoming panchayat election, let the SEC take over the job so that no one has questionmark on the fairness or transparency of the job.

Parrikar said that the process of delimitation and reservation would be done much in advance so that if any aspiring candidate finds that his ward is reserved, then he can contest from other ward.

“Usually the decision of reservation at the last minute causes heart burn. Ideally they should know one year or six months in advance about the wards which are reserved,” he said.

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