Sakshi Maharaj 4 Children Comment

BJP lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj has controversially said that Muslims are responsible for India's population rise. The party has disowned the remark saying neither the BJP, nor the government agrees with such comments.

Sakshi Maharaj of the ruling BJP has a flip explanation, not regret, for declaring that Hindu women should have at least four children to "protect" their religion - "Raat gayi, baat gayi (As time passed, the matter also ended)" he said, adding that his statement was made at a religious and not political gathering.

The Prime Minister, determined not to be sidetracked from his agenda of economic reform, has warned his party's law-makers to tamp down statements described by political opponents as evidence of his government's intent to promote a Hindu-dominant agenda. But that line has been ignored by Sakshi Maharaj, a BJP parliamentarian from Uttar Pradesh.

BJP lawmaker Sakshi Maharaj has controversially said that Muslims are responsible for India's population rise. The party has disowned the remark saying neither the BJP, nor the government agrees with such comments.

Sakshi Maharaj of the ruling BJP has a flip explanation, not regret, for declaring that Hindu women should have at least four children to "protect" their religion - "Raat gayi, baat gayi (As time passed, the matter also ended)" he said, adding that his statement was made at a religious and not political gathering.

The Prime Minister, determined not to be sidetracked from his agenda of economic reform, has warned his party's law-makers to tamp down statements described by political opponents as evidence of his government's intent to promote a Hindu-dominant agenda. But that line has been ignored by Sakshi Maharaj, a BJP parliamentarian from Uttar Pradesh.