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Akash Sama­roo

The Elec­tions and Bound­aries Com­mis­sion (EBC) has con­firmed it was not asked to take part in the gov­ern­ment-led re­view of mu­nic­i­pal cor­po­ra­tion bound­aries.

How­ev­er, Rur­al De­vel­op­ment and Lo­cal Gov­ern­ment Min­is­ter Khadi­jah Ameen said mu­nic­i­pal bound­aries are de­ter­mined by an Act of Par­lia­ment, while the EBC is re­spon­si­ble for elec­toral dis­trict bound­aries, stress­ing that the two op­er­ate un­der en­tire­ly sep­a­rate le­gal frame­works.