Opposition raises questions over Uttar Pradesh's new population policy, give strange arguments

Samajwadi Party leader Shafiqur Rahman Barq asked that where will the country get manpower in case of war if people are not allowed to procreate.

New Delhi: Yogi Adityanath on Sunday (July 11, 2021) unveiled Uttar Pradesh's new Population Policy 2021-2030, following which the Opposition leaders hit out at the state government. While Samajwadi Party MP Shafiqur Rahman Barq said that the state government should ban marriages if it wants to stabilise the rising population, his fellow party member ST Hasan said that if there's a need for a law, it should be about having three children.  Shafiqur Rahman Barq also asked that where will the country get manpower in case of war if people are not allowed to procreate. "It would be better to stop marriages. No one should be allowed to get married for the next 20 years and no children will be born," the MP from Sambhal said.