Guwahati, June 7: Assam chief minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Thursday addressed a press conference after a cabinet meeting said that the state will carry out delimitation of all development blocks ahead of the panchayat polls to be held in November 2024.

CM Sarma said that, “we have decided to hold panchayat elections in the state in November. To ensure that a panchayat or zila parishad does not fall in two assembly constituencies, we will have delimitation of all development blocks in the state and redrawing of boundaries of panchayats ahead of that.”

He said that the delimitation process will end in August, the voter’s list will be out in September, and the announcement of panchayat polls will be made in October.

Sarma said that following last year’s delimitation of assembly and parliamentary seats in the state, some development blocks had spread over three to four Assembly seats. Hence, there is a need to carry out delimitation ahead of the panchayat elections.

Further, the cabinet has decided to set up a sub-committee comprising finance minister Ajanta Neog, ministers Ranoj Pegu, Bimal Borah and Ranjit Dass, who will submit a report within a month on the cost of expanding the state government’s flagship scheme ‘Orunodoi’ which provided Rs.1,250 per month to families from weaker economic background to all eligible beneficiaries, Sarma said.

The cabinet approved the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Prasar Bharati for preparing a 52-episode documentary series on legendary Ahom General Lachit Barphukan, which will be telecast on Doordarshan national and its regional channels.

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