A targeting in the name of demography
The article critically analyzes the formation of a High-Level Committee on Demographic Change by the Indian government, arguing that its Terms of Reference (ToRs) are a pretext to target minorities, particularly Muslims, under the guise of addressing 'illegal immigration' and 'unnatural demographic change'. It highlights the committee's composition lacking demographers and points out the lack of evidence for large-scale undocumented migration from Bangladesh, citing Bangladesh's improved economic indicators. The author contends that the committee's real purpose is to officially validate age-old misinformation about Muslim fertility rates and accelerate discrimination against the community, drawing parallels to historical atrocities.
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