'Population Control Bill To Be Implemented At Right Time', Says UP CM Yogi Adityanath

On the question of bringing a population control ordinance before the assembly elections, Yogi said, "Everything has a right time. Whenever it happens it will be done with fanfare.''

UP CM Yogi Adityanath

Yogi Adityanath on Population Control Law: Uttar Pradesh (Uttar Pradesh) Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Tuesday said the government will bring Population Control Bill when the time is right. On the question of bringing a population control ordinance before the assembly elections, Yogi said, "Everything is done at an appropriate time. You used to ask us to announce a date for the Ram temple's construction but we have laid the foundation stone for it. Similarly, Article 370 was also scrapped."

Yogi Adityanath said, "Now we have the challenge to reduce maternal and infant mortality. For this, we have launched a massive campaign under the population policy and whatever happens in the future, the media will know first. We don't do anything silently, it will be done with fanfare. We will give information (about the Population Control Bill) when the time comes.''

Terming the growing population as a "hindrance to development", in July, the chief minister had unveiled a policy aimed at stabilizing the population in the state and reducing maternal and infant mortality in a time-bound manner. A few days ago, a draft bill on population control was put up on the website of the Uttar Pradesh Law Commission, inviting suggestions from the public, stating that people with more than two children in Uttar Pradesh will be barred from contesting local bodies elections.

Yogi slams on Samajwadi Party

Yogi earlier took a dig at a tweet posted by Samajwadi Party chief Akhilesh Yadav. Yogi said the opposition is not depending on their intelligence and thus people are making fun of them. On Monday, Samajwadi Party (SP) president Akhilesh Yadav's tweet claimed that a record number of riots have taken place in the state.

When questioned about the use of the word 'Abba Jaan', he said he does not find the term uncomfortable. He said that it's strange that people want Muslim votes but they want to avoid the word 'Abba Jaan'.