Giriraj hurls stinging 'vote ka saudagar' barb at Badruddin Ajmal

Union minister Giriraj Singh has supported Assam government's policy to introduce two-child norm and attacked AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal for opposing it and called him a "vote ka saudagar ".

Giririraj Singh who has been advocating for quite some time regarding 2 child norm and to introduce a national population policy, said: "I don't understand what has happened to these people. When there are issues like NRC they will stand against it. They are traders of vote and their shops should be closed. They should stop this. When a politician can stand for tukde tukde gang, I am not surprised by this statement of Badruddin Ajmal. Rahul Gandhi supported Afzal guru. For these politicians, vote is more important than the country. I have been speaking about population control. I will do a Jan Jagran for population control soon." Giriraj Singh has also been demanding the adoption of NRC in Bihar, as soon as possible. But the JDU has been opposing it.

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RJD MP Manoj Jha said: "We strongly condemn Badruddin Ajmal's statement. First, there should be a debate in parliament on 2 child norm. If possible a dedicated session should be called to discuss various aspects of demography. Most importantly, the tribal communities are on the verge of extinction. As far as NRC is concerned it should not be a heartless bureaucratic exercise, driven solely by a sectarian and narrow-minded ideology which affected both Hindus and Muslims."

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On the proposal of Assam government to bring a legislation for 2 child norm, AIUDF chief Badruddin Ajmal said that laws will have no impact, Muslims will continue to have children as many as they want. He went on to say: " PM himself is the 5th-6th child among his brother and sister. Had PM Modi's, brothers and sisters, not taken birth, there won't be any Narendra Modi. Even CM Sonowal is at 5th number among the children of his parents. If Assam govt wants to bring out this rule then people will better stay without PM and CM. Islam does not allow this. We don't have restrictions and neither we expect that Muslims will get any govt jobs."

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