The Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council report shows that the Hindu population has decreased in 65 years, while the Muslim population has increased. After the Economic Advisory Council report, politics began to heat up in the country. From political circles to those who support the Hindus, they say that if the Hindu population is decreasing, then Preparations should be made for the enactment of a population control law.
At the same time, according to political experts, this issue will be raised with great vigor in the remaining elections. Its political gains and losses are beginning to be evaluated in political circles. While some people raised questions about such reports and asked that when the census has not yet been conducted, how official and how valid are these figures. The government should clarify its position on the issue.
According to a study by the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council, the share of Hindus in India’s population was 84% ​​in 1950, which dropped to 78% in 2015. During this period, the share of Muslims increased from 9.84 percent to 14.09 percent. Acharya Devendra Shukla, secretary of the All India United Hindu Sanatan Mahasabha, says the way the reports are being discussed continuously in the media is very worrying.
According to Acharya Shukla, if the Hindu population is reducing so much, then now the central government will have to take tough decisions on the matter. He says that if the population of Hindus in India decreases, then where will the standard bearers of our Santan tradition be found. He says he also read this report in the media. Regarding the increase in the Muslim population, he says that now the central government should implement the population control law, so that the population can be controlled.
After this report the political atmosphere began to heat up. BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj says this clearly means Hindus are being killed or are being converted. Sakshi Maharaj demanded that a population control law be enacted in the country soon. This law is a national interest. He says he is not talking about Hindus and Muslims. But the report that came is very hurtful. At the same time, BJP leader and Union Minister Jiraj Singh attacked the opposition parties and called it a conspiracy to turn India into an Islamic state.
The position of political experts is clear on the way politics started after this report reached the media. Senior journalist and political expert Kumar Animesh says the way BJP leaders have started reacting to it, it is clear that the issue is going to move forward in politics. Kumar says he has not yet seen this report on the official website, but the uproar created by the media report is setting the stage for polarization in Hindu-Muslim politics. He says that so far most of the responses on this matter are coming from Bharatiya Janata Party leaders. In such a situation, Bharatiya Janata Party leaders are definitely taking this issue forward. While at the moment there is silence about it from the big leaders of other parties.
Retired Delhi University lecturer and author Dr DP Rajvanshi says the report that has made so much fuss raises many questions. Dr. Rajvanshi K says that this report described the population study from 1950 to 2015. According to him, if a report of this kind is published, then it should definitely be in the public domain. So that all the people of the country can know and read it. The second important issue raised by Dr. Rajvanshi is that if this report is from 2015, then why was it released after nine years in 2024.
According to him, the government should also clarify its position regarding the report over which the great uproar suddenly began. According to him, if the report is nine years old, then surely the plans of the central government were prepared according to it. Therefore, it is also important to know whether some of the plans of the central government were made on the basis of this report or not. Because the census has not yet been conducted. In such a situation, the situation should also be clear to what extent the data published in such a report will be considered authoritative in terms of population.
