Sivaganga, Aug. 9 -- Congress MP Karti Chidambaram has said that a delimitation exercise based purely on population would be unfair to southern states, especially Tamil Nadu, and stated that states such as Uttar Pradesh and Bihar could witness a significant rise in the number of Lok Sabha seats.

Speaking to reporters here, Chidambaram said, "Delimitation, if it is purely done on the basis of population, will be very unfair to the southern states, especially to Tamil Nadu. If they are going to do delimitation on the basis of the latest population census, which should be the census which is currently occurring, whose report will come in 2027?"

The Congress MP said that if the Lok Sabha strength is increased and seats are redistributed acc...