Chennai, March 22 -- At the recent meeting on delimitation, former Odisha Chief Minister and Biju Janata Dal (BJD) chief Naveen Patnaik voiced strong concerns about the potential unfairness of population-based delimitation.

Patnail who joined the meeting via video-conference said, "This is an important meeting to ensure democratic representation and rights of people living in states that have done very well to control and stabilise population."

He emphasized that population control is an essential national agenda that directly contributes to the country's development. He continued, stating that while population control has been an effort that these states have made towards a positive national agenda, it would be unjust if delimitation w...