The finance minister evoked the debunked bogey of high Muslim population growth rates. She, however, did not note that Indian Muslims are facing a severe crisis of under-representation, especially in public life.
Yati Satyadevanand Saraswati, a Hindu priest, has said that Hindus must give birth to more children to prevent India from becoming an 'Islamic nation'.
The condition is such that on the day of Durga Ashtami, stone-pelting and attacks have started on the procession going out across the country, he stated.