Tiruchirappalli, April 15 -- DMK MP Arun Nehru on Wednesday said the Centre's move for delimitation is an exercise to increase representation of 'two or three' states in the Parliament, adding that southern states are being penalised for managing population and contributing to the economy.

Speaking to ANI, Arun Nehru said, "Delimitation in the current format is very detrimental to the southern states, primarily in terms of proportional representation. We are asking the government to handle the women's reservation bill and delimitation separately. We are for delimitation because we want the governance to reach the very common man."

"The entire exercise right now is geared towards increasing only in the two or three states that they want ...