Guwahati, April 30 -- Reported by Mrinal Banik

Agartala: The Tripura Legislative Assembly on Thursday witnessed a sharp but significant debate during a one-day special session over women's parliamentary representation, with members across party lines broadly backing reservation for women while differing on its implementation and linkage with delimitation.

Chief Whip Kalyani Saha Roy moved a resolution calling for an all-party consensus across the country to operationalise the Constitution (131st Amendment) Bill, popularly known as the Nari Shakti Vandan Adhiniyam, and to carry forward the delimitation process.

The resolution urged all parliamentary political parties to unite to safeguard the constitutional rights of women. It also appe...