We Can Be Vishwa Guru Only When Population Control Bill Is Brought: BJP MP
Mumbai: BJP MP Ravi Kishan will introduce a private member’s bill on population control in Parliament on Friday. The actor-turned-politician argued India can be “Vishwa guru”, or world leader, only after the population control bill is enacted, reported news agency ANI.
Emphasizing the need to bring the country’s population under control, the Lok Sabha member said that the way India’s population is increasing, we are moving towards an explosion.
“We can be Vishwa Guru only when Population Control Bill is brought. It is very important to bring the population under control. With the way in which it is rising, we are heading towards an explosion. I request the Opposition to let me introduce Bill and listen to why I want to do it. Discuss!” ANI quoted Ravi Kishan as saying.
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He added, “This is a Bill for development. The day it is passed, the nation will fly towards being a Vishwa Guru. I am viewing this Bill only with an aspect of development and not that of caste or religion.”
Several right-wing groups and some BJP leaders including Union Minister Giriraj Singh have been demanding legislation to curb population growth in India.
A recent United Nations report said that India will overtake China as the world’s most populous country next year. But the World Population Prospects 2022 also highlighted that India’s total fertility rate (TFR) had dropped from 5.9 children per woman in 1950 to 2.2 children per woman in 2020, just shy of the 2.1 replacement level fertility.
The introduction of the private members’ bill by Ravi Kishan would be possible today only if Lok Sabha is able to conduct any business given continuous adjournments since the beginning of this year’s monsoon session of the Parliament. Opposition parties have been demanding a debate on the inflation and GST imposed on some items of daily use.
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