Karnataka CM for single child norm

Holalkere (Karnataka) Karnataka chief minister Siddaramaiah advocated the single child norm, if not, couples should have maximum two children. According to Siddaramaiah, this is the only way to check population explosion in a country like India. Besides, he wanted people to have simple marriages and shun big, fat weddings. The chief minister said this at a mass marriage organized in Holalkere town, 30 km from Chitradurga, where social welfare minister H Anjaneya' daughter A V Anupama married S Shashwath. Stressing that people should avoid lavish weddings, Siddaramaiah said: "People live in debt after spending lavishly on their children's weddings.”