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A time aft scrapping the two-child norm for panchayat elections, the Rajasthan Assembly connected Tuesday passed a Bill for removing the regularisation preventing individuals with much than 2 children from contesting the municipality section assemblage (ULB) elections. The proviso for disqualification existed successful the State for the past 3 decades.
The Rajasthan Municipalities (Amendment) Bill, 2026, was passed by dependable ballot successful the House aft a little statement successful which the Opposition Congress MLAs raised the issues of delimitation of wards, corruption successful section bodies and the usage of aged electoral rolls for the upcoming municipal elections.
The Bill’s transition paved the mode for the candidates having much than 2 children to contention the polls and go municipal councillors, mayors, and chairpersons of municipalities and municipal councils successful the municipality areas of the State.
The disqualification, removed with an amendment to Section 24 of the Rajasthan Municipalities Act, 2009, was introduced successful the State successful 1995 during the authorities led by past Chief Minister Bhairon Singh Shekhawat. A akin regularisation was imposed for the panchayat elections, which was repealed by different Bill passed successful the Assembly connected Monday.
‘No clarity connected polls’
Congress MLA and Pradesh Congress Committee president Govind Singh Dotasra asked the State authorities if it intended to scrap the two-child norm for a fig of schemes of some the Centre and the State arsenic well. “Even aft bringing this Amendment Bill, determination is nary clarity astir the dates of section assemblage polls,” helium said.
Replying to the debate, Minister of State for Local Self Government Jhabar Singh Kharra said the removal of disqualification was a measurement towards ensuring greater information successful the antiauthoritarian process. “It volition springiness an accidental to contention the polls to those who were earlier excluded due to the fact that of the two-child limit,” helium said.
Mr. Kharra said the State authorities was successful a presumption to clasp simultaneous elections for municipal bodies nether the ‘one State, 1 election’ system, but it had to fulfil the information for providing preservation to Other Backward Classes. It was mandatory to hold for the OBC Commission’s study for the purpose, helium said.
Speaker Vasudev Devnani adjourned the Assembly sine dice aft the transition of the Bill, portion bringing the Budget Session to a closure. The Bill besides amended Section 2(xix)(a) of the 2009 Act by removing leprosy from the database of unsafe diseases notified nether the law. The amendment was aimed astatine removing favoritism against the leprosy affected oregon cured persons.
