Dharamshala, March 8 -- Chief minister (CM) Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu, while addressing a public gathering at the state-level programme organised on the occasion of International Women's Day at Chambi Ground in Shahpur assembly constituency of Kangra district on Saturday, said the state government is also in favour of reservation to women.

Sukhu said that the senior Congress leader Sonia Gandhi was the first to get the bill passed in Rajya Sabha to provide reservation to women in Vidhan Sabha and Parliament, adding that the state government is also in favour of reservation to women.

While extending his greetings on International Women's Day, Sukhu credited former Prime Minister Rajiv Gandhi for providing a 33% reservation to women in Panch...