Candidates with more than two children barred from contesting rural polls

xHyderabad: The “two-child policy” continues to be enforced in local body elections in Telangana, preventing individuals with more than two children from contesting polls, even as several states, including neighbouring Andhra Pradesh, have scrapped the rule.

Introduced in undivided Andhra Pradesh in 1994 for both rural and urban local bodies, the restriction was lifted for urban local bodies in Telangana in 2019 under the BRS government. The regulation still applies to rural local bodies, prompting demands from aspiring candidates for its abolition.

The Congress government, which assumed office in December 2023, promised to examine the issue. Panchayat Raj and urban development minister Danasari ‘Seethakka’ Anasu

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