Coimbatore, April 15 -- Congress Rajya Sabha MP and former Union Minister, P Chidambaram, on Wednesday demanded a fair delimitation process, calling the proposal to increase 50 per cent Lok Sabha seats an "illusion."

Addressing a press conference in Coimbatore, P Chidambaram opposed the timing of the three-day Parliament sitting to pass the amendment to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam and constitution amendment to increase the Lok Sabha seats to 850. He said that several Opposition MPs might not be able to attend Parliament amid elections in Tamil Nadu and West Bengal.

He said, "The BJP government has said that it will convene the House to pass the Delimitation Bill without opposition. If Parliament is convened tomorrow, we will not be...