BSP Criticises RSS Chief For Claims On ‘Population Imbalance’, ‘Pitiable Condition Of Hindus’ In Bengal

In his annual Vijaya Dashami address, Mohan Bhagwat claimed “appeasement of barbarous elements by the government and population imbalance”.

New Delhi: Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) National Spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria on Friday criticised Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) Chief Mohan Bhagwat over his “Population imbalance” claim.

The BSP National Spokesperson said that Mohan Bhagwat is ignoring real problems like hunger, unemployment, and poverty, news agency ANI reported. 

Earlier today, expressing concern over the “population imbalance” in the country, RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat on Friday said that the nation’s population policy should be reconsidered. 

In his annual Vijaya Dashami address, Mohan Bhagwat said, “While reimagining the country’s development, one predicament comes to the fore which appears to concern many. The rapid growth of the country’s population may give rise to many problems in the near future”. 

“Therefore, this challenge must be duly considered. A resolution was passed on this issue during the Akhil Bharatiya Karyakari Mandal (All India Executive Committee) meeting of Sangh held at Ranchi in the year 2015,” he added, as quoted by ANI.

He further claimed “appeasement of barbarous elements by the government and population imbalance” by saying: “In the present circumstances, news of persecution of native Hindus, growing criminalisation and mounting pressure on them to escape their areas where imbalanced population growth has surfaced. The violence that broke out following the elections of West Bengal and the pitiable condition of the Hindu people there can also be attributed to the appeasement of barbarous elements by the government and population imbalance”. 

“Therefore, a policy that is applicable to all groups in the same fashion is imperative. All of us need to inculcate the habit of considering the collective national interest above everything while coming out of the attractive cobweb of milking the parochial group interests,” he added, as quoted by ANI. 

Reacting to the RSS chief’s claim, BSP National Spokesperson Sudhindra Bhadoria alleged, “Mohan Bhagwat Ji does not want to pay attention to the real problems. The real problems of the country are hunger, unemployment, poverty and malnutrition, health, and education. He is ignoring them and focusing on other things”. 

“This India is becoming an unequal India. The BJP government should pay attention to this and the Sangh should also pay attention to this,” he added. 

The Vijaya Dashami address of the RSS chief is considered the most important event for the organisation as it puts forth the Sangh’s larger perspective, future plans, and vision going forward.

Now, whether or not other opposition parties take exception to Mohan Bhagwat’s claim on “appeasement of barbarous elements by the government”, remains to be seen.