New Delhi, March 20 -- DMK's Rajya Sabha member P Wilson on Wednesday said implementing delimitation of parliamentary constituencies at this point would unfairly penalise states which have successfully managed populations and reward those that have not.
Raising the issue during the Zero Hour in the Rajya Sabha, Wilson also made a demand for a holistic approach towards delimitation of constituencies for Lok Sabha and state assemblies.
He said delimitation was conducted after each census in 1952, 1962, and 1972 to ensure fair representation of all states.
Wilson said while some states embraced family planning policies, others ignored the issue allowing their populations to grow unchecked, and therefore to address this inequality, the 42nd ...