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Ravi S Singh
New Delhi, July 18
The recent population control laws of BJP-ruled states of Uttar Pradesh and Assam will be in the cross-hairs of the Congress and other Opposition parties in Parliament during the upcoming monsoon session.
Opposition parties would possibly try to force a discussion on the issue in both Houses of Parliament, if the government dithered in the matter.
The Congress, TMC, DMK, and Uttar Pradesh-centric Samajwadi Party and the Bahujan Samaj Party are mulling to corner the Narendra Modi Government over the population control issue in both Houses of Parliament.
Senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh on Saturday laid bare the Congress line of thinking on population control debate by questioning the wisdom of BJP governments move to control the population.
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