"Cow If Boy, Rs 50,000 If Girl": Andhra MP Defends His 3rd Child Offer | Read

Andhra Pradesh Lok Sabha MP Kalisetti Appala Naidu has defended his outrageous offer to women - Rs 50,000 for the birth of a third child, and a cow if that child is a boy - by pointing to a "very poor next generation" in the state and the "very important" need to increase population in India, already the second-most populous nation with over 1.44 billion, or 144 crore, people.

The bizarre (and sexist, in giving greater 'rewards' for boys) offer - from a member of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu's Telugu Desam Party, which is also allied with the Bharatiya Janta Party at the centre - has been hailed by TDP seniors as "revolutionary".