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Only those with less than 3 kids be allowed to contest polls: RLP leader

According to RLP leader Hanuman Beniwal, one of the reasons for growing number of road accidents was India's rising population

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Rashtriya Loktantrik Party leader Hanuman Beniwal, an ally of the Bharatiya Janata Party in Rajasthan, on Tuesday said in the Lok Sabha that one of the reasons for the growing number of road accidents was India's rising population. He suggested those with more than three children should not be allowed to contest Lok Sabha and state assembly elections. Speaking on the Bill to amend the Motor Vehicle Act, Beniwal said India should follow a three-children policy, if not the two-children policy followed by neighbour China. The reason that Beniwal said a three-children policy was good enough, sources said, was because

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