Visakhapatnam, April 16 -- Telugu Desam Party (TDP) State President and Gajuwaka MLA, Palla Srinivas Rao, on Thursday said the proposed delimitation exercise providing for a 50 per cent increase in parliamentary seats would benefit southern states as well and is not based solely on population.

Speaking to ANI on the proposed Delimitation Bill, the TDP state president said concerns that northern states would gain disproportionately were misplaced.

"Irrespective of the population, an increase of 50 per cent seats will definitely be beneficial for Southern Indian states. Although some states in Southern India are raising objections, thinking that the number of seats in the North are going to increase in large numbers, I don't think so," he...