The All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen president Asaduddin Owaisi has condemned survey of madrasas in Uttar Pradesh and said they were needlessly targeted by the State government though the institutions produced only imams, muezzins and muftis to give Islamic education.
Delivering an address on the eve of Milad-un-Nabi at the party headquarters here late on Saturday night, Mr. Owaisi questioned the silence of Samajwadi Party president Akhilesh Yadav on the surveys despite the projection of the latter as the true representative of Muslims in the last UP elections. He also reminded that the Muslims were asked to stay clear of him and support Mr. Akhilesh.
Reacting to Rashtriya Swayam Sevak Sangh chief Mohan Bhagwat’s fears at a Dasara celebration that the Muslim population was growing in the country, the AIMIM leader said the National Health Survey Five actually showed that the lion’s share of drop in the Total Fertility Rate to two per cent was of Muslims. The female foeticide by Muslims in the period 2002 to 2019 was 90 lakh which was 86.7 per cent of the total number. The spacing between children was also the highest among Muslims because of the usage of contraceptives.
