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Debjit Mukherjee: UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath on Monday had said “population stabilisation” should be uniform across different sections of people, and expressed concern over the likelihood of “anarchy” at some point if there are “imbalances” in a country. “It should not happen that the speed of population growth or the percentage of some community is high and we stabilise the population of the ‘moolniwasi’ (natives) through awareness or enforcement” he said.
Hitting out at UP chief minister Yogi Adityanath, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi said “Are Muslims not natives of India? If we see the reality, natives are only tribals & Dravidian people. In UP, without any law, desired fertility rate would be achieved by 2026-2030”.
“Their own health minister said that no law is needed in the country for population control. It’s Muslims who’re using most contraceptives. Total fertility rate which was 2.6 in 2016 is now 2.3. Country’s demographic dividend is best among all countries” he added.
