"Have 16 children" - Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin's eyebrow-raising solution Monday to the possibility his state will be allotted fewer Lok Sabha seats - and therefore be less important to any party looking to form the central govt after 2029.

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M K Stalin addressed potential impacts of the Lok Sabha delimitation on population dynamics during a mass marriage event. He suggested that the delimitation process could inadvertently encourage larger families.

LS delimitation may raise hopes of having many kids, but give Tamil names to children, says Tamil Nadu CM Stalin

Stalin's remarks come two days after Andhra Pradesh CM Chandrababu Naidu said his government was considering to incentivise families with more children.

TDP chief also mentioned that the state had earlier passed legislation barring people with more than two children from contesting local polls.