India, March 10 -- The Union government is considering delinking the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam or the 128th Constitution (Amendment) Act, reserving a third of seats for women in national and state legislatures, from the condition that it will come into effect after delimitation and the census, and implementing it before the 2027 Uttar Pradesh and Uttarakhand assembly elections, people aware of the matter said.

A government functionary said that it is being explored whether a lottery system can be introduced to decide the one third of the constituencies that should be reserved for women. Parliamentary affairs minister Kiren Rijiju reached out to Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge for his party's view on the matter, the functionary a...