President Ram Nath Kovind, on Saturday, put out a statement applauding PM Narendra Modi for his efforts to combat the COVID-19 crisis in the country. In the same address, the President also addressed the need to control pollution in the country. Following this, the hashtag #PopulationControlLaw has started trending on Twitter.
Ram Nath Kovind speaks on Population Control
The President of the world’s second-largest populated nation said: “Large and densely populated countries such as India have to take deliberate steps, especially on the subject of population control. Otherwise, such disasters can have severe consequences in our country.“
"भारत जैसे बड़े और घनी आबादी वाले देशों को विशेष रूप से जनसंख्या नियंत्रण के विषय पर सुविचारित कदम उठाने होंगे। अन्यथा हमारे देश में ऐसी आपदाओं के भीषण परिणाम हो सकते हैं।" — राष्ट्रपति कोविन्दhttps://t.co/UUFipQoZem
— President of India (@rashtrapatibhvn) May 2, 2020
BJP Spokesperson asks nation to trend the hashtag
Following the President’s comments, BJP Spokesperson Ashwini Upadhyay asked the Twitter users to trend #PopulationControlLaw and speak about the problems regarding population explosion in the country.
At 67,385, India sets record for highest number of babies born on New Year's day
https://t.co/NoAnEMUhui@PMOIndia @narendramodi @JPNadda @HMOIndia @AmitShah @blsanthosh
— Ashwini Upadhyay (@AshwiniBJP) May 2, 2020
Ashwini Upadhyay also provided a few stats to back his statement. He said that while the area of the USA is 95,25,067 sq km and children born per day are 10,247, in China, the area is 95,96,960 sq km and the children born per day are 46,299. However, in India, the area is 32,87,263 sq km and the children born per day are 67,385. Upadhyay stressed on the requirement of a Population Control Law in the country.He also claimed that: “It is impossible for any country to create two and a half million new jobs every year.”
The hashtag starts to trend on Twitter
Meanwhile, the hashtag #PopulationControlLaw has started trending on social media. A number of reactions were generated on the handle and most of it were in support of the law. Here are the few reactions:
@narendramodi @PMOIndia @AmitShah those who agree this retweet this #PopulationControlBill #PopulationControlLaw pic.twitter.com/0iIor8VtaV
— Macha Ramu (@Ramumacha1) April 26, 2020
This shows the need of Population Control bill in india… It's high time now we need #PopulationControlLaw in India #Bring_PopulationControlBill pic.twitter.com/1oFXwQF6wx
— Subham Bhattarai?? (@SubhamBhattar10) April 26, 2020
Source: Free Press Journal
