Hindustan Times (Lucknow)

Rising population of Muslims responsibl­e for rapes: BJP MP

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NEW DELHI: A senior Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hari Om Pandey sparked a fresh controvers­y after stating that the cases of heinous crimes such as rape and murder were rapidly increasing due to the growing Muslim population in India.

The BJP MP from Uttar Pradesh’s Ambedkar Nagar also asserted that soon a new nation like Pakistan will be carved out from India if the government fails to curb the rising Muslim population in the coming days.

“The menaces such as of terrorism, rape, sexual harassment prevailing in India is only because of the rising Muslim population­s. If one looks closely, there is a rapid increase in the percentage of Muslims since the time of Independen­ce,” said the senior BJP leader.

He also added that the

I believe that a bill on population control must be introduced in the Parliament in order to save India from another dreadful partition

HARI OM PANDEY , BJP MP

increased population will result in unemployme­nt and stagnant economic growth which in turn will bring anarchy in the country.

Pandey was of the view that a bill pertaining to the matter should soon be introduced in the Parliament and the necessary measures should be taken at the earliest for curbing population growth.

“I believe that a bill on population control must be introduced in the Parliament in order to save India from another dreadful partition,” said Hari Om Pandey .

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