Washington DC, April 23 -- Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Priyanka Chaturvedi on Thursday said the 2023 Women's Reservation Act should be delinked from the proposal to add more seats to the Lok Sabha and implemented as it is, stressing that even 180 women in Parliament would be "a good start".

Speaking at the New India Conference at the Hudson Institute, Chaturvedi noted that women constitute 50 per cent of India's voters and population but have barely managed to reach 13 to 14 per cent representation in the legislature.

"I just want to side with the women of the country. 50 per cent of India's voters and population is that of women, but in terms of representation, we have barely managed to reach up to 13 per cent, 14 per cent, which is an unfortun...