The Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) raised concerns regarding the “declining birth rate among Hindus” and called for at least three children in every Hindu family. VHP’s Central General Secretary Bajrang Lal Bangra was speaking at Virat Sant Sammelan in Mahakumbh Nagar in Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh. He said that the declining birth rate of Hindus has caused an “imbalance” in the Hindu population in the country, “The revered saints of the Hindu society have called for at least three children to be born in every Hindu family," he added.
In the meeting, Hindus being “continuously persecuted in a planned manner in Bangladesh” was also discussed, he said, as per PTI.
He said that India also had some elements threatening Hindus to create a situation like Bangladesh. He asked Hindus to think deeply about this subject. “The central government is bringing a law reform act to limit the autocratic and unlimited rights of the Waqf Board,” Bangra said.
Goraksha Peethadheeshwar and Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who attended the program, stated that the Sanatan tradition of India is clearly visible in this Maha Kumbh, which the whole world can witness. He said that this message should be divine for the entire country and praised the efforts of the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, calling them invaluable. He added that the entire world is witnessing the outcome of these efforts today through the massive Sant Sammelan.
According to PTI, after 1980, the VHP has taken many of its resolutions on this holy land, on the sacred banks of Maa Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati, which we can see in concrete form today, the CM said. "We remembered Ashok Singhal who is not physically present amongst us today, but his soul must be elated to see this. The dream that Sanatan Dharma has been waiting for for 500 years is that Ram Lalla is seated in a divine and grand form at his birthplace,” he said.
The Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath said that in 2016, while only two lakh people visited Ayodhya, 15 crore people visited the Maha Kumbh in 2024. He said that a grand and divine form of a new Ayodhya, a new Kashi is visible.
He mentioned, that after Shri Ram Janmabhoomi, the dream of Mathura and Kashi is going to be realised.
Jagadguru Shankaracharya Swami Vasudevanand Saraswati, who presided over the program, blessed the gathering, stating that this is the sacred land where many important decisions for Hindu society have been made by revered saints on the holy banks of the Ganga, Yamuna, and Saraswati.
Prabhakar Das Ji Maharaj from Odisha stressed on the unity of Hindu society, while Yogi Umesh Nath Ji Maharaj from Valmiki society requested the Hindu society to increase its population, the VHP said in a statement.