2 weeks Ago By Shishir Arya
NAGPUR: Why should only Hindus be subjected to population control measures, questioned the editor of RSS-affiliated magazine Organiser, Prafulla Ketkar , on Saturday. "The proportion of Hindus has reduced to 75% due to a Hindu mindset. There is a need to create social awareness by changing the narrative about birth control .
Today, many families have lost confidence in the institution of marriage. Even when they marry, couples often choose to have only one child," he said. Ketkar argued that maintaining the country's demographic balance requires awakening among Hindus.
He claimed that concept of birth control was a strategy by foreign forces to reduce the population, which, he said, is the country's most significant asset. He noted that the birth control campaign led by late Congress functionary Sanjay Gandhi was funded by Ford Foundation and questioned what the American organisation aimed to achieve through this. Ketkar also criticised evangelist forces and neo-Left groups, who label the fight against religious fundamentalism as Islamophobia, suggesting that they are acting against India.
Responding to a question whether India needed to prepare civilians for a situation similar to Israel's, he said that the Agniveer scheme was introduced with that purpose in mind. The scheme aims to produce military-trained individuals who can be deployed in a crisis, he told TOI on the sidelines of his talk on "Global Uncertainties and Resurgent Bharat," organised by NGO Vishwamanthan Research Foundation..
