MANGALURU: Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh leader Kalladka Prabhakar Bhat while highlighting skewed demographic profile in Ullal has stirred a hornet’s nest.
The speech excerpts saw Bhat, executive committee member of south central region of RSS, describe Ullal as ‘Pakistan’. There are many such pockets across India and this is a development Hindus should be aware of, Bhat said.
Bhat, who delivered this speech on Sunday at ‘Dampathi Samavesha’ organised by Keshava Shishu Mandir, Kinya told TOI that he had only mentioned the obvious. “There are several topics in India, speaking on which are deemed politically incorrect. Rapid growth of Muslim population in certain pockets in India is one such topic,” Bhat said, adding this is the feeling that one gets on entering Ullal, with the Muslim community dominating.
“My observation is based on the fact that the growth of Hindu families is limited to a child or two at the most. It is also a fact that while Muslims teach their children the Quran and Christians the Bible, there is no such effort in Hindu families,” Bhat said. This will lead to a situation where Hindus will be largely devoid of a sense of belonging to their own religion and basic tenets of life enshrined in the various Holy Scriptures, Bhat contended.
It is this very fact of life that saw the birth of Pakistan and Bangladesh with Muslims dominating the demographic profile of these two nations. This can be countered only when the Hindus increase their numbers, Bhat said. Unmindful of the criticism that his statement caused, Bhat said, “I state the obvious and am not afraid to do so even in future. If this ‘explosion’ is not checked, there will be more Pakistan’s and Bangladesh in India,” the RSS leader warned.