‘Like Hindus, Muslims should also opt for family planning’

April 13, 2015 01:42 pm | Updated November 16, 2021 04:52 pm IST - Unnao

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj.

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj.

BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has demanded that a strict law for family planning be brought in for all to check population growth and those who do not follow it should be stripped of their voting right.

“When Hindus go for sterilisation, Muslims should also opt for it. There should be one law for everyone. There will be no appeasement of any section in our regime,” he said.

“I don’t say Muslims and Christians should be sterilised.

But there should be family planning and a uniform law for all.

When we talk of four-child issue, there is a lot of hue and cry, and when they have 40 children from four wives no one says anything,” Mr. Maharaj said.

“There should be family planning. When the country gained independence, the population was only 30 crore. Today it is 130 crore. Who is responsible for it? There should be one law for everyone be it Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs or Christians.

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