The Union Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad recently termed the suggestion by the former Supreme Court Judge V R Krishna Iyer-headed Commission to deny privileges to those families in Kerala who do not follow the two-child norm as “ridiculous”.
What is so ridiculous about trying to contain population in a country which cannot take care of its basic needs?
As Union Health Minister, Azad should know more than anyone else the problems India is facing due to its ever-increasing population.
Isn’t he ridiculing himself by passing such a comment, which clearly show that he cannot foresee the danger of a booming population and the adversities it can have on India and its future?
Is he eligible to be the health minister of the whole nation?
Even the Kerala chief minister did not reject the idea altogether. Instead he said that all aspects of the Women’s Code Bill 2011 will be thoroughly studied and discussed.
As a responsible citizen, and as a leader, Azad should have not made such a comment. We would call it unbecoming of a educated leader.
At some point of time, our leaders will have to take tough decisions, to curtail the population, which is already a big threat to India.
Chanakya’s Arthasashtra is “a book that frequently discloses to a king what calculating and sometimes brutal measures he must carry out to preserve the state and the common good,” Says Roger Boesche.
In today’s world, it is not the king but the leadership and the ministers who have to take these ‘brutal’ decisions in the interest of the country and the world at large.
Are our ministers up to the task?
Do you, as a reader, see the disaster if India does not act upon it fast?
By Sooraj Singh & JojiValli
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