BJP should withdraw support if Bihar CM opposes population bill: Sanjay Raut

Shiv Sena MP Sanjay Raut has welcomed the Uttar Pradesh governments proposed draft bill on population control and said the BJP should withdraw support of the Nitish Kumar government in Bihar if the JDU leader opposes this legislationAccording to the draft of the population control bill people having more than two children in UP will be debarred from contesting local body polls applying for government jobs or receiving any kind of subsidy In his weekly column in the Sena mouthpiece Saamana Raut also questioned if the proposed bill was being brought with honest intentions and said the issue of population control should be beyond caste religion or politicsThe Ram mandir issue is resolved so votes cant be asked on that issue It is being said that the population control bill is aimed at polarising voters ahead of the assembly elections in Uttar Pradesh due next year stated Raut who is executive editor of Saamana He said former UP chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar have opposed this bill dubbing it antiMuslimObserving that the population of Uttar Pradesh and Bihar is nearly 15 crore and a majority of the people migrate to other states in search of livelihood Raut said legal steps must be taken in these states to control the population Yogi Adityanath should be congratulated for the initiative and if Nitish Kumar is opposed to this bill then the BJP should withdraw support to the Bihar government he wroteRecalling Partition of India after independence in 1947 Raut said the country became a secular state where Hindus were forced to live as secularists whereas Muslims and members of other religions enjoyed religious freedom These people dont believe in population control and family planning Their sense of freedom is having more than one wife and giving birth to childrenObviously the population of the country increased but most of them are illiterate and remain unemployed he saidAlso Read PM Modi Sharad Pawar share old bond meeting shouldnt be viewed from political perspective says Sanjay RautRaut claimed Hindus have become a minority in eight states and two Union Territories Due to illegal migration from neighbouring Bangladesh the population demography has changed in Assam West Bengal and Bihar the Rajya Sabha MP stated He said the Vishwa Hindu Parishad has opposed the draft bill saying the Hindu community will be adversely impacted and suggested the change in Chinas population policy from one child norm to three children be studiedHindutvawadis who wanted Hindus to give birth to four or five children to counter the growing population of Muslims are bringing the population control bill The UP draft bill should be seen as an experiment and all good things should not be measured in terms of religion caste and politics he addedThis story has been sourced from a third party syndicated feed agencies Midday accepts no responsibility or liability for its dependability trustworthiness reliability and data of the text Midday managementmiddaycom reserves the sole right to alter delete or remove without notice the content in its absolute discretion for any reason whatsoever