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26/02/2026

Rajasthan overturns 30-year two-child limit for local polls, removes leprosy bar

Terming the changes as a “revolutionary move”, Patel said that the provisions barred people from contesting in these elections if they had more than two children. He said that “considering the circumstances, the population explosion, and the opinion of economic experts”, back then, population control was necessary for the country.