Overview

• Bhagwat urged families to aim for three children, saying siblings learn to manage ego and relationships, citing a doctor’s view that such households stay healthier.
• He added a ceiling to the advice, stating families should have three children but no more and acknowledging the need to provide for children in a context of population pressures.
• Warning of instability from demographic shifts, he called for stopping infiltration and said jobs should go to citizens, including Muslims living in India, rather than outsiders.
• He described religious conversion as undesirable because it affects demographic numbers, referencing claims by Catholic groups and Muslim Ulema about their practices.
• Alongside appeals for demographic balance, he said Hindus and Muslims are essentially one and that confidence in coexistence would prevent conflict, speaking in New Delhi at the RSS’s 100-year celebration.