Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu urged people to have at least two or more children to increase the ‘birth rate for the future’. He also said that the AP government is planning to bring a law mandating people only with two or more children to contest in local body elections, reported ANI.
The Telugu Desam Party chief on Saturday said that the state’s growth rate should increase, and families should aim to have at least two or more children.
“The growth rate in the state should increase. Everyone should think about this, and families should aim to have at least two or more children. In the past, I advocated for population control, but now we need to increase the birth rate for the future…State Government is planning to bring a law that would allow only people with two or more children to contest local body elections,” ANI quoted AP CM Chandrababu Naidu as saying on October 19.