Rajasthan government bars people with no toilets at home from contesting Panchayat polls

Jaipur: The Rajasthan government has cleared the Bill stating that politicians cannot contest elections unless they have a toilet at home. The order comes after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's appeal for toilets in every household.

The Bharatiya Janata Party government in the state in its Bill has said that candidates will be declared ineligible to contest if they don't have a toilet in their home. The state government believes that the move will motivate people to construct and use toilets in their home.

Modi has also called for a national campaign to Clean India.