'You produce 10 kids first': Kejriwal on RSS Chief's Hindu population' remark

New Delhi: Coming down heavily on RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat for his recent statement urging Hindu families to have more children, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, on Monday, said that the celibate chief of the Hindutva outfit should ‘father 10 kids and raise them well’ before provoking Hindus.

"Before provoking Hindus, Mohan Bhagwat should produce 10 children himself and bring them up well," the AAP chief tweeted earlier in the day.

Responding to a question at an event in Agra recently, Bhagwat had said, “Which law says that the population of Hindus should not rise? There is nothing like that. What is stopping them when population of others is rising? The issue is not related to the system. It is because the social environment is like this.”

His comments have triggered widespread reproach from across the political class, including BJP alliance partner in Maharashtra, Shiv Sena.

Terming the RSS chief’s comments on declining Hindu population as “outdated”, Shiv Sena said that progressive Hindu community would not accept his thoughts and asked the Centre to implement uniform civil code to maintain “social and cultural balance”.

Instead of focusing on increasing the population of Hindus to counter the rising Muslim population, the Narendra Modi government needs to implement the uniform civil code at the earliest, Sena, a long-time ally of BJP, added.

Opposition parties such as the Congress and BSP also hit out at Bhagwat for his comments.

Congress leader Ghulam Nabi Azad on Sunday said, " He banks on religion only, what else can be expected from him? In every statement Bhagwat talks of dividing (society). He should have talked about employment, price rise but he didn't do so."

Meanwhile, addressing a her maiden poll rally in Agra, BSP chief Mayawati said, "The RSS chief tells Hindus to produce more than two children. I want to tell him: you say produce more children, then ask Narendra Modi and central government if they will make arrangements for feeding them'," she said.