Hindu women should have four kids: A viewpoint or misleading remark?

Hindu women should have four kids: A viewpoint or misleading remark?

Introduction:

BJP MP from Unnao, Sakshi Maharaj stated that every Hindu women must give birth to at least four children to protect Hinduism. He made the statement in Meerut at the Sant Samajaam Mahotsav. India's population is more than 121 crores. As far as the size of India's population is concerned India ranks second after China and one out of every six person in the world is from India. The combined population of Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra is far greater than population of United States of America, the third most populous country of the world. Is the MLA trying to change laws and policies related to population of the country? PM decides to stay silent over the unethical remarks of Sakshi Maharaj but let us discuss the controversy of his remark from every point of view.

Shakshi Maharaj's point of view:

1. The remark of having four children by Sakshi Maharaj is not to disturb any of the policies but to protect Hinduism and to keep the population of Hindus stable. If his statement is unethical and misleading, then restricting laws should be introduced for those having more than two or thee children.

2. The Hindutva extremists have also claimed that Hindu women should keep producing more children in order to counteract Muslims minorities who usually have five to six children and will thus overtake hindu population in times to come.

3. Every Indian had the right to put forth his point of view and the same goes for Shakshi Maharaj's statement which was just a request from his point of view. He further clarified that the women should send one child to the border for serving the nation and one or two to the sants for social and religious activities.

4. Shakshi maharaj is a Hindu activist and this is not the first time when his statement raised controversy. This could in fact be considered as one of the most humorous of his controversies that are usually offensive.p

Other point of view:

1. Sakshi Maharaj's statement of having four kids is against the national population policy. India is the second largest populated country in the world. Sakshi Maharaj thinks that children are assets but in reality children are or liability and in a country where majority of the population lives in slums, this statement shows an example of the kind of people we have at ministerial level.

2. Sakshi remarked the above statement by saying Hindus population is increasing slower than Muslims and Christians but 2011 census doesn't support this. According to 2011 census, Hindus constitute 80.5 percent, Muslims and Christians are at 13.4 and 2.3 percent.

3. 'Four kid plan' will also disturb the sex ratio of country. Sex ratio refers to number of females per 1000 men. The 2011 census shows the ratio to be 940. Thus sex ratio is favourable in all the states except in Kerala. By adopting such measures, it will create imbalance in sex ratio.

4. Sakshi Maharaj's statement reflected a view point of depicting women as child-bearing objects and is insulting to womanhood. Such misleading statement are delivered taking in favour of religion but the fact that it is detrimental to women's health was easily ignored by BJP MLA.

5. India is known for secularism which says government will not tolerate religious activities. Sakshi being Member of Parliament should not involve in religious matter. He should better work for the development of country rather than influencing country's population. He should be involved in politics for development and good governance.

6. Three percent of India pays taxes to support already overpopulated country where majority are illiterate and unemployed. If many women starts to produce four children, there is no imagining where the country could be going with population and scarcity of resources.

Conclusion:

The idea that every Hindu women should have four children is neither protective to Hinduism nor any good for the country. People should not get influenced by such statements to follow actions to save religion by making their country populous. There is absolutely no justifying Shakshi Maharaj's statement. In a country where overpopulation has led to many problems like scarcity of resources, increasing rate of unemployment, lack of proper health facilities and education, encouraging women to keep producing children can be problematic. It is not expected by a member of the parliament holding an esteemed position in the legislation of the country to make such derogatory remarks.