Clarifying that they have no plans to give a year-long breather to the Narendra Modi-led government, the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) has said it will carry forward its agenda with full force.
“We have not been told by anyone to give one year time to the government to focus on development. VHP will move on its agenda with full force,” Surendrakumar Jain, VHP’s joint secretary general, told The Indian Express. Leaders of RSS wings had earlier said the Sangh had asked them to avoid raising contentious issues such as Ram Temple and Uniform Civil Code and give time to the government to “settle down”.
Jain said the country’s demography is in danger. “In India, Jammu and Kashmir, North-eastern states and Kerala are already facing the danger of drastic demographic changes. A Uniform Civil Code is a must. The government has to bring a law to make family planning compulsory,” he said.
He said statements by Unnao BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj, asking Hindu women to have at least four children, and similar remarks by Sadhvi Prachi, were out of concern over the “changes in demography”.
“Only the Hindu community is getting reduced in number. If you do not control it, Hindus will be a minority and the country will be like another Kashmir valley or Pakistan,” he said. However, Jain refused to comment on BJP’s showcause notice to Sakshi. “Its an issue between the party and its MP,” he said.
Jain reiterated that the VHP had nothing to do with the government’s agenda of development or good governance. “It (the government) has its own agenda and we have ours. Anyway, our ghar wapsi programme or these statements would not create obstacles to the country’s development.
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