New Delhi: Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday (December 5, 2022) hit out at AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal over his remarks on women and the Hindu community and said that mother’s womb cannot be seen as “farm land”. . The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader urged Muslim women not to “speak” to statements by “people like Ajmal” who ask them to have more children. Sarma, who was responding to Ajmal’s comments at a public meeting in Bongaigaon, which is located near Dhubri, which is represented in the Lok Sabha by the AIUDF president, asked Muslim women to expand their families to two children to provide good education. Keep it limited He said that people, especially women from the Muslim community, should not be misled by those who need their votes.
Referring to Muslim women, he said, ‘I don’t need your votes, but don’t listen to Ajmal. ,
Sarma said, “People like Ajmal thought that education, development would not reach the lower Assam areas like Bongaigaon and Dhubri and were trying to convince the women of these places that they are child-producing factories.”
“Ajmal said that ‘seeds should be sown on fertile soil’. I ask him whether our mothers have wombs in the fields?” Sarma quipped.
The Chief Minister of Assam said, “We should not listen to them (Ajmal and his ilk) and focus on the well-being of our children.”
Last week, Badruddin Ajmal had told news agency ANI that Hindus should marry at a young age to produce more children like Muslims. As the comments were condemned and complaints filed with police across Assam, he apologized the next day and said he was ‘ashamed’ of the controversy. However, he also said that his comments were twisted and he did not target any community.
#watch , AIUDF president and MP Badruddin Ajmal says that Hindus should follow the Muslim formula of getting their girls married at 18-20 years. pic.twitter.com/QXIMrFu7g8– ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2022
Continuing his attack on the AIUDF chief, Sarma also said that “Ajmal has no right to tell our women how many children they should have. If he does, he (Ajmal) will have to take responsibility of the children.” Will be.”
“I would ask everyone to produce 10-12 children if they are willing to pay for their upkeep,” Sarma said.
He also spoke about the problems poor Bengali-speaking Muslims living in the ‘Char’ (river) areas faced in raising their children, especially educating them and keeping malnutrition at bay.
“After seeing their (victim) faces, one cannot go home and sleep peacefully. I request the women of our Muslim community to produce only as many children as they can to become doctors or engineers. to educate, not the junab or imam (Muslim religious leader).” said the BJP leader.
Live: Foundation stone laying ceremony of various schemes in Bongaigaon https://t.co/POiNzrtmzJ– Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) December 5, 2022
On Ajmal’s jibe that Hindus have fewer children because they start their families much later than Muslims, the chief minister said it ensures that Hindu children are well educated.
Sarma urged the people to shun communal politics and instead engage in politics of development for the development of the state.
(With inputs from PTI)