N Chandrababu Naidu’s puzzling two-child minimum policy is an affront to democratic participation

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N Chandrababu Naidu’s puzzling two-child minimum policy is an affront to democratic participation

The Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister’s contentious proposal to bar people with less than two children from contesting local elections is a radical reversal of India’s population policies. As declining fertility rates drive the global anxiety on population booming measures, such coercive pronatalist policies infringe upon women's autonomy, dignity and core constitutional values.