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Navneet Rana, last month, sparked a massive controversy after she urged Hindus to give birth to at least three to four children.
AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi lashed out at BJP leader Navneet Rana for her controversial remark on having four children.
In a face-off between Asaduddin Owaisi and Navneet Rana, AIMIM chief slammed the BJP leader for her controversial remark on having four children, linking ‘family size’ to country’s security. Responding to Rana’s comment without mentioning her name, Owaisi said he had six children and questioned who was “stopping her from having eight children”.
“I have six children and my beard is turning white. Somebody said that one should have four children. Why four? Give birth to eight children, who is stopping you?” Owaisi said at a rally in Maharashtra’s Akola.
Additionally, the AIMIM chief also recalled the statements of RSS chief Mohan Bhagwat and Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu, who also called for having more children.
“All of them are saying to have more children. Why aren’t you doing it now? I challenge you to have 20 children. What kind of joke is this,” he added.
Rana Sparked Row
Rana, last month, sparked a massive controversy after she urged Hindus to give birth to at least three to four children to “counter the design of some people who want to turn Hindustan into Pakistan by producing children in large numbers”.
“I appeal to all Hindus. Listen, these people openly say they have four wives and 19 children. I suggest we should give birth to at least three to four children,” the BJP leader said.
“I don’t know whether he is Maulana or someone else, but he said he has 19 children and four wives, but he could not complete a quorum of 30 children. They plan to turn Hindustan into Pakistan by giving birth to children in large numbers, so why should we be satisfied with just one child? We should also give birth to three to four children,” she added.
Congress Slams
Following her remarks, the BJP MP also faced backlash from Congress MP Manickam Tagore, who called for the end of such “mad thinking” by the RSS and the BJP.
“We should be scientific in numbers, not have such a superstitious or unscientific manner. India’s population growth is an alarming story… Those states which are unable to stabilise the population are suffering… Such mad thinking by the RSS and the BJP must end,” Tagore said.
January 06, 2026, 11:08 IST
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