Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik announced that his party BJD would allocate 33 per cent reservation for women in Parliament and State Assemblies in Odisha.
Last year Odisha state assembly passed a resolution seeking 33% reservation for women in Parliament and state assemblies.
Mamata Banerjee led TMC in West Bengal also set the bar higher by naming 17 women over 40% in its list of 42 candidates for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls in West Bengal.