Hyderabad, May 28 -- The ruling Telugu Desam Party (TDP) in Andhra Pradesh will implement 33% reservation for women in the next assembly and Lok Sabha elections in the state within the party, irrespective of whether the women's quota is implemented at the national level, party working president Nara Lokesh announced on Wednesday.

Lokesh made the announcement on the opening day of Mahanadu, the two-day annual conclave of the TDP being held at the party headquarters in Mangalagiri town of Guntur district.

The conclave, themed "Stree Shakti" (women's empowerment), is being held in a hybrid mode for the first time as part of the party's austerity drive. While national and state committee members attended the meeting at the TDP headquarters,...