Shillong, April 17 -- Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangma has extended support to the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam and the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, calling the delimitation process a "need of the hour."

Addressing a press conference in Shillong on Thursday, the Chief Minister said both women's reservation in the Lok Sabha and state legislatures and the delimitation process need to go "hand in hand."

Sangma said, "Delimitation is the need of the hour. It must be done. To implement the Women's Reservation Bill when it is passed, we will be looking at the details of how it will be implemented. Both need to go hand in hand."

Meghalaya currently has two seats in the Lok Sabha, out of 543.

This comes after a heated debate in ...