RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat addressing the organization’s annual Dussehra rally.
Nagpur:
RSS chief Mohan Bhagwant said today that India needs a government policy to control population, and “religion-based imbalance” and “forced conversions if such necessary steps are not taken” to break the country. ” cited. He cited Kosovo and South Sudan as examples of “new countries that emerged due to imbalances between religions in a population”.
He was addressing the annual Dussehra rally of the RSS, the patron organization of the ruling BJP.
In his speech in Hindi, he said, “Along with population control, population balance on religious grounds is also important which cannot be ignored.”
“Population requires resources. If it grows without creating resources, it becomes a burden,” he said, “There is another approach in which population is considered an asset. We have to consider both the aspects. Keeping in mind the need to work on a population for all policy.”
Essentially reiterating a key agenda of the RSS and its allies, he further said, “Population imbalance leads to changes in geographical boundaries … with differences in birth rates, by force, greed or greed and infiltration (religious)”. Conversions are also big. Cause.”
However, the BJP central government does not agree with the idea of a population control law, even though it has been repeatedly proposed by party members and RSS leaders.
In April this year, in a discussion on the bill by Rajya Sabha member Rakesh Sinha nominated for such a law, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that family planning awareness and accessible healthcare have anyway ensured stabilization of the population.
“The total fertility rate has come down to around 2%. This tells us that the family planning mission is moving towards success,” the minister said. Mr. Sinha later withdrew his bill.
Opposition members have said that family planning should not be a matter of coercion.