Given below are two statements, one labelled as Assertion (A) and the other labelled as Reason (R).

Assertion (A) : The reservation of thirty-three percent of seats for women in Parliament and State Legislature does not require a Constitutional amendment.

Reason (R) : Political parties contesting elections can allocate thirty-three percent of seats they contest to women candidates without any Constitutional amendment.

In the context of the above two statements which one of the following is correct?

I.A.S. (Pre) 1997