Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP) chief Mayawati on Wednesday targeted the ruling BJP for “confusing” people on the issue of population control and ignoring “real priorities’’ such as rising unemployment and poverty.
The four-time former Uttar Pradesh CM’s comments in a tweet came two days after present incumbent Yogi Adityanath, in an oblique reference to Muslims, said while speaking on World Population Day that “population imbalance in the country can lead to anarchy”.
“At a time when the people are limiting their needs and have been forced to lead a stressful life singed by extreme poverty and rising unemployment, is it wise of BJP to confuse people with long-term issues like population control?” she tweeted, elaborating, “Population control is a long-term policy issue that needs more awareness than law but instead of paying attention to the real priorities of the country, the BJP governments are choosing devious and controversial issues.”
