People with more than two children cannot contest panchayat polls in Uttarakhand as the state Assembly has unanimously passed a bill to this effect which also made minimum educational qualifications mandatory for rural election candidates.
The Uttarakhand Panchayati Raj (Amendment) Bill, 2019, was tabled in the Assembly on Tuesday and a discussion on it was to be held on Wednesday. But that could not be done as the opposition disrupted the proceedings.
The bill was passed unanimously by voice vote amid the continuing bedlam in the House by the Opposition insisting on a debate on a video purportedly showing "some people close to the chief minister negotiating a monetary deal"
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