Have children quickly after wedding: Stalin

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin on Monday favoured young people having children immediately following marriage and said a higher population appeared to be the criterion to get more MPs.

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Addressing a wedding, Stalin, also the DMK president, said that years ago, newly weds were advised to not have children immediately following marriage.

However, the same thing must not be advised now and also there was no need for that. It is because a situation has now arisen, according to which only a higher population would ensure more MPs as the delimitation exercise would be on the basis of population, Stalin said.

Tamil Nadu paid attention to population control and succeeded and that was the reason for the state's plight today, he added.

"I will not tell you to not have children hastily, have children immediately; but give them beautiful Tamil names," he said, directly appealing to the bride and bridegroom.

On October 21, 2024, Stalin had said the Lok Sabha delimitation exercise may make people to think about raising "16 children," alluding to a Tamil saying on 16 kinds of wealth.

Last year, Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu urged people of his state to have more children; spoken of new policies to encourage people to have more children.