Hyderabad, Aug. 8 -- The Andhra Pradesh cabinet, headed by chief minister N Chandrababu Naidu, on Wednesday decided to do away with the two-child norm, which makes persons having more than two children ineligible to contest the elections to the rural and urban local bodies in the state.

The cabinet decided to amend the Andhra Pradesh Municipal Corporation Act-1955 and AP Municipalities Act-1965 for the municipal corporations and municipalities and AP Panchayat Raj Act-1994, removing the relevant provisions that bar people having more than two children contesting the municipal and panchayat elections.

Briefing reporters after the meeting, state information and public relations minister Kolusu Parthasarathy said the decision to revoke the...