let’s not interfere

In a speech on Wednesday, Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat called for a population control policy, arguing that the imbalance in the headcount of religious groups, as he saw it, could no longer be ignored. ,[A] Population policy should be prepared keeping all these factors in mind,” he said at the foundation day celebrations of the RSS. “It should be applicable to all. Only then will the rules relating to population control yield results,” he said. While the RSS has advocated such drastic interventions in the past as well, Bhagwat’s words are of an urgency to influence the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) view. suggest, an ideological ward that has so far touted it; and understandably, given that our fertility-rate data suggests that our baby boom is in the past and our numbers are set to stabilize, Which negates the need for any restriction. As far as the slight difference in births between Hindus and Muslims is concerned, what matters is that fertility between the two groups is falling sharply and India’s faith-wise Can’t change the demographic profile. As far as the unrest due to ratio-shifting is concerned, as Bhagwat pointed out, we have a well-designed constitution to uphold inter-religious harmony. There shouldn’t be any huge demand.