Given below are two statements: one is labelled as Assertion A and the other is labelled as Reason R
Assertion A: No Constitutional Amendment is required for Compulsory Reservation of thirty three percent of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislature.
Reason R: Women's 33 percent reservation for seats in Parliament can be allocated by the Political parties for the seats they contest without any Constitutional Amendment.
In the light of the above statements, choose the most appropriate answer from the options given below
Analysis of Assertion A and Reason R on Women's Reservation
The question asks to evaluate two statements regarding the reservation of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislatures.
Evaluating Assertion A
Assertion A states that no Constitutional Amendment is required for compulsory reservation of $33\%$ of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislatures.
- This statement is incorrect. Implementing a compulsory reservation requires a formal amendment to the Constitution to legally mandate it. A significant constitutional amendment was indeed passed recently (The Constitution (One Hundred and Twenty-eighth Amendment) Act, 2023) to provide for such reservation.
Evaluating Reason R
Reason R states that women's $33\%$ reservation can be allocated by political parties for the seats they contest without any Constitutional Amendment.
- This statement is correct. Political parties have the autonomy to decide on their candidate strategy. They can voluntarily choose to field a specific percentage of women candidates without needing a constitutional change. This is a matter of internal party policy, distinct from a legally mandated reservation.
Conclusion
Based on the analysis:
- Assertion A is incorrect because compulsory reservation necessitates a Constitutional Amendment.
- Reason R is correct because political parties can voluntarily allocate seats to women candidates.
Therefore, Assertion A is not correct, but Reason R is correct.
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