2024-05-12 11:15:48
New Delhi : There is political turmoil over a report of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council (EAC-PM). The report analyzes demographic changes in 167 countries between 1950 and 2015. But there is an uproar in India over the increasing population of Muslims and decreasing population of Hindus. According to the report, between 1950 and 2015, the population of Hindus in India has decreased by 7.82 percent, while the population of Muslims has increased by 43.15 percent during the same period. The population of Hindus, Jains and Parsis has decreased while the population of Muslims, Christians and Sikhs has increased. The report quoted statistics and said that minorities in India are safe and flourishing. But this report which came during the Lok Sabha elections has raised the political temperature. BJP is directly attacking Congress regarding this change in demography. The preparation for ‘Ghazwa-e-Hind’ is telling. If the situation continues like this, there is a fear that there will be no country left for Hindus. On the other hand, opposition leaders are calling this report misleading. Some are dismissing this report as a report of ‘Whatsapp University’ while others are calling it an attempt to spread hatred and mislead the public. After all, what is there in the report and why has it created a political uproar, let us understand in a sequential manner.What’s in the EAC-PM report
A recent report by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister (EAC-PM) analyzes the changes in demography between 1950 and 2015. According to the report, between 1950 and 2015, the population of Hindus in India has decreased by 7.82 percent while the population of Muslims has increased by 43.15 percent, which shows that there is a favorable environment for promoting diversity in the country. The report titled ‘Share of Religious Minorities: A Nationwide Analysis (1950-2015)’ said that the share of Jain community members in India’s population declined from 0.45 per cent in 1950 to 0.36 per cent in 2015.
Muslims were 9.84% in 1950, now increased to 14.09%
This report has been prepared by a team led by EAC-PM member Shamika Ravi. According to the report, the share of the majority Hindu population has declined by 7.82 percent between 1950 and 2015, from 84.68 percent to 78.06 percent in the corresponding period. It said that in 1950 the population of Muslims in the country was 9.84 percent and in 2015 it increased to 14.09 percent, which has increased by 43.15 percent in the relevant period.
According to the report, between 1950 and 2015 the population of Christians increased from 2.24 percent to 2.36 percent and it has increased by 5.38 percent in the corresponding period. It said that the population of Sikhs was 1.24 percent in 1950, which increased to 1.85 percent in 2015, i.e. there was an increase of 6.58 percent during this period. According to the report, the Parsi population in India has declined by a whopping 85 percent. The population of this community was 0.03 percent of the total population in 1950 but in 2015 it became only 0.004 percent.
The population of the majority in non-Muslim countries has decreased
According to the report, the population of the majority community in non-Muslim countries has decreased in these 65 years. However, this does not apply to Muslim-majority countries. The population of the majority community has increased in Muslim countries. Maldives is the only exception. ‘This is particularly noteworthy in the broader context of the South Asian neighbourhood, where majority religious sect populations have grown, and minority populations have declined alarmingly in countries such as Bangladesh, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Bhutan and Afghanistan,’ the report said. Is.’ It said that this is not surprising, that is why the minority population from the neighborhood comes to India in times of pressure.
The report said that all Muslim-majority countries saw an increase in the population of the majority religious sect. However, Maldives is a Muslim majority country where the share of the majority group (Shafi Sunnis) has declined by 1.47 percent. In Bangladesh, the share of the majority religious group has increased by 18 percent, the largest such increase in the Indian subcontinent. Despite the creation of Bangladesh in 1971, the share of the majority religious sect (Hanafi Muslims) in Pakistan has increased by 3.75 percent and the share of the total Muslim population has increased by 10 percent.
According to the report, among non-Muslim majority countries, the share of the majority religious denomination has declined in Myanmar, India and Nepal. The study report is a detailed nationwide analysis of the situation of minorities around the world, measuring their changing share in a country’s population over the 65 years between 1950 and 2015. For the 167 countries included in the analysis, the average figure for the share of the majority religious denomination in the base year of 1950 is 75 percent, while the average change in the population of the majority religious denomination between 1950 and 2015 is 21.9%.
Preparation to make the country an Islamic country: Giriraj Singh
While BJP is expressing concern about this report, opposition parties are calling it an attempt to divert from the issue. Union Minister Giriraj Singh attacked Congress and other opposition parties and said that it seems that all of them together want to do Ghazwa-e-Hind in India. They are preparing to make India an Islamic state. Giriraj Singh said that Congress has turned the country into a Dharamshala. He alleged that Bangladeshi infiltrators and Rohingyas were promoted for vote bank. Now these people want to give reservation to Muslims and want to make the country an Islamic state. BJP MP Sakshi Maharaj has demanded immediate implementation of the population control law.
‘If this happens, there will be no country left for Hindus’
BJP IT Cell head Amit Malviya has also expressed concern over the report of the Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council. He posted on Twitter, ‘The Hindu population shrank by 7.8 percent between 1950 and 2015. Muslim population increased by 43 percent. Decades of Congress rule have done this to us. If left to them, there will be no country left for Hindus.
Attempt to divert from the issue: Priyanka Vadra
Congress General Secretary Priyanka Gandhi Vadra has hit back at BJP’s attacks. He termed it an attempt to divert from the real issues. Vadra said that the discussion should be on those issues which are related to people’s lives. There should be talk on unemployment. There should be talk on the issue of safety of farmers and women. BJP wants that there should be no discussion on issues.
Owaisi told the report of WhatsApp University
When some journalists asked AIMIM Chief Asaduddin Owaisi about this report, he dismissed it as a report of ‘Whatsapp University’. Owaisi said, ‘Give me the report then I will speak. Whose report is this? Who has made this report? WhatsApp University report. Who has made this report?
Tejashwi said an attempt to spread hatred
RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav, reacting to the report, said that this is an attempt to confuse people and spread hatred. He alleged that this is the agenda of BJP. Have cheated people for 10 years and want to cheat again. He also raised questions on the census not being conducted after 2011, saying that the census should have been conducted in 2021 but it was not conducted till 2024.