No 2-child norm for civic elections

Several aspirants for the municipal polls scheduled this year breathed a sigh of relief as the state government relaxed some aspects of the two-child norm.
The Cabinet which met here on Thursday approved certain amendments to the Hyderabad Municipal Act 1955 and A P Municipalities Act 1965 thus helping these couples.
As per the existing rules, people with more than two children are ineligible to contest elections in urban local bodies. “With the proposed amendment, a relief will be given to those who had one child in the first delivery and two or more in the second delivery itself,” said the municipal administration and urban development principal secretary, Ms Pushpa Subrahmanyam.
This means that someone who is blessed with twins in the second delivery will be eligible.
The government brought the amendments apparently keeping in mind the elections to local bodies in next few months. It will issue Ordinance as the Assembly is not in session.