Indian Polity : Amendment Of The Constitution

Q 21 / 21

Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : Reservation of thirty-three percent of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislature does not require any Constitutional amendment:

Reason (R) : Political parties contesting elections can allocate thirty-three percent of seats they contest to women candidates without any Constitutional amendment.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?