Grandstand web desk
New Delhi, April 21
Bollywood actor Kangana Ranaut has called on the Indian government to have a stricter policy on population control.
Ranaut, who is often outspoken about his opinions and generally indifferent to criticism, wrote on Twitter: “We need strong laws for population control, enough electoral politics, it’s true that Indira Gandhi lost the elections and then was killed for taking this issue head on (sic) she forcefully sterilized people but looking at the crisis today at least there should be a fine or jail time for the third child (sic)”.
Up-and-coming comedian, Saloni Gaur, the creator and actor behind viral sensation “Nazma Apa,” posted a screenshot of Kangana and her two siblings. A resentful Kangana, who has often been criticized for being vitriolic towards her detractors, said: “No wonder your comedy is a joke about you, my great grandfather (sic) had 8 siblings at the time, many children were dying, in the jungles there were more animals, almost no ‘humans, we have to change with the times, the need of the hour is population control like China, we should have strict rules’.
Kangana Ranaut has two siblings — a sister, Rangoli Chandel, and a brother, Aksht Ranaut.
India’s neighbor China began implementing a mandatory one-child policy under communist revolutionary Deng Xiaoping in the late 1970s, but formalized it with a letter in September 1980. Strictly applicable to with few exceptions, it only began to ease in 2013 and officially ended. in 2016.
The policy and its methods of enforcement, which often included heavy fines and even alleged forced sterilizations, have often been criticized by international rights organizations as heavy-handed and a gross violation of human rights.
Closer to home, accusations of forced sterilizations and gross rights abuses also plagued former Prime Minister Indira Gandhi’s son, Sanjay Gandhi, during the 1975 emergency.
We need strong laws for population control enough electoral politics it’s true Indira Gandhi lost the election and then was killed for tackling this issue head on she forcefully sterilized people , but looking at today’s crisis, at least there should be a fine or jail time for the third child.
— Kangana Ranaut (@KanganaTeam) April 20, 2021