"Majority of contraceptive users are Muslims," says Asaduddin Owaisi on UP CM's 'population imbalance' remark

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• Jul 12, 2022 | Dhupali Das

CM Yogi Adityanath said the population control programme must continue, but 'population imbalance' must be avoided...

Digital Desk: A day after Uttar Pradesh President Minister Yogi Adityanath's remark on 'population imbalance,' All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi said that Muslims were the ones who used the most contraceptives.

"Their own minister of health stated that no law is required for population control in the nation. The majority of contraceptive users are Muslims. In contrast to 2016, the overall fertility rate is now 2.3. "The country's demographic dividend is the best among other countries," claimed AIMIM's Owaisi.

After the United Nations reported on Monday that India was on track to overtake China as the world's most populated country in 2023, CM Yogi Adityanath said the population control programme must continue, but 'population imbalance' must be avoided.

"It should not happen that the rate of population increase or the percentage of some group is high and we stabilise the population of the 'moolniwasi' (natives) through awareness or enforcement," the chief minister added.

Over this, Owaisi questioned, "Are Muslims not Indians?  If we look at truth, natives are just tribal and Dravidian people." 

Further, he claimed that without any laws, the ideal fertility rate in UP would be achieved by 2026–2030.