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A BJP MLA in Rajasthan on 1 January courted controversy by alleging that Muslims were bearing more children with an aim to outnumber Hindus and to take control of the country by 2030.
The remarks by Banwari Lal Singhal, an MLA from Alwar, in a Facebook post come ahead of a bypoll to the Alwar parliamentary seat on 29 January.
Asked about his comment, Singhal told PTI: "I wrote the post after a lot of consideration and I am not going to take it down."
The MLA said he wrote the post after watching a video about Muslim population growth in India.
He also accused the Muslim community of exploiting government resources and "tax paid by Hindus" and batted for a law to restrict to two the number of children per family.
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