In BJP MP >Sakshi Maharaj’s reported statement that Hindu women should have four children each, the Congress found a slogan for the next election campaign of the Modi government. Putting a spin on the BJP’s “Ab Ki Baar, Modi Sarkar” slogan, Congress spokesman Abhishek Singhvi said: “Will the BJP contest the next election with an ‘Ab Ki Baar, Bachche Char’ or ‘Make in India Plus 4’ slogan?”
Taking a grim view of the Unnao MP’s statement, Mr. Singhvi said it was clear that the apology he tendered in the Lok Sabha last session for equating Mahatma Gandhi’s assassin Nathuram Godse with the Father of the Nation was meaningless. “He clearly was not sincere in his apology or retraction as he has once again made an objectionable statement,” he said, adding that what Mr. Maharaj said was also anti-women.
“It shows that Sakshi Maharaj and his fellow-travellers view women as child-bearing structures. Has the government changed the population policy of the country, done it through stealth? Why is the Prime Minister — who has spoken on the most minute, micro issues, from New York to Australia, and from Red Fort to Chhattisgarh — silent? If he has no time to speak, he can at least tweet,” said Mr. Singhvi.
