Demographic Threat to Hindu Identity of India

Demographic Threat to Hindu Identity of India

Dark Shadow of Manipulated Census 2001 Data Fudges Census 2011.

– Ram Kumar Ohri, IPS (Retd) ————-

A few months ago the New Delhi edition of ‘The Times of India’ of January 22, 2015, had published a news of highly doubtful veracity proclaiming that according to Census 2011 the Muslim population in India had grown by merely 24 percent. It was further highlighted that the growth rate of Muslim population was lower than the decadal Muslim growth rate of census 2001, though it was higher than the average national growth rate of 18 percent for all communities. The wonky story, apparently planted and published in Times of India New Delhi, had the trappings of a contrived politico-religious narrative. Interestingly the selectively leaked news gave no indication whether or not the figures indicated were arrived at by excluding the census data pertaining to the two States of Assam and Jammu and Kashmir – as was mischieveously done in respect of census 2001 data. According to the then Registrar of Census, the actual percentages of decadal growth rates of Hindus and Muslims revealed by the Census 2001 were as follows:

Religious Group 1991 2001 Hindus 23% 20% Muslims 34.5% 36%

These authentic figures of 2001 census were maliciously manipulated  by the UPA government led by Sonia Gandhi and Dr Manmohan Singh in the year 2004 on the eve of Maharashtra Assembly elections. The  intention was to bluff the gullible Hindu voters by showing that the percentage increase in growth of Muslim population was only marginal  and not at the galloping higher growth rate of 36%. The decadal growth rate of Muslims was brought down from 36 percent to 29 percent  by deviously excluding the population headcount of 3.6 crore Indians living in the two sensitive States, namely, Assam and Jammu Kashmir, both of  which have a very high percentage of Muslims. Interestingly this unparalleled demographic fraud was achieved by deleting with retrospective effect all census data in respect of Assam and Jammu & Kashmir with retrospective effect from 1961 onwards. The clumsy fudging was allegedly done at the  instance of the political conscience-keeper of Sonia Gandhi with the explicit approval of the then Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, made notoriously famous by his “Muslims First” announcement made on December 9, 2006, which was Sonia Gandhi’s birthday ! who has always prided himself on being an accomplished Economist ! This kind of statistical skullduggery had never beendone in any democratic country ever. The unprecedented manipulation of censusdata was done during the communally hyper-active regime of Sonia Gandhi and Manmohan Singh regime in the year 2004 on the eve of Mahrashtra Assembly elections. By manipulating the Census headcount of 201 the growth rate of Muslims was deliberately brought down from 36 percent to 29 percent by omitting 3.6 crore Indian citizens living in two sensitive States of Assam and Jammu & Kashmir.

The deletion of the big chunk of population was done with retrospective effect from 1961 onwards, although the authentic headcount of census operations carried in the years 1961, 1971, 198i had already been published and was available in public domain. Worldwide no other democratic country has ever taken recourse to this kind of political fudging of census headcount ! It is a shame that the fudging of census 2001 data was done during the tenure of Dr. Manmohan Singh who is supposed to be an Economist of international repute ! As regards the fast-paced demographic changes in most part of India attention may be drawn to a facts-and-data packed article written by two eminent demographers, late Prof. Mari Bhat and A.J. Francis Zavier. The article titled, ‘Role of Religion in Fertility Decline – The case of Indian Muslims, was published in Economic & Political Weekly, Mumbai dated January, 29, 2005. In the very beginning of the article on the mast of the column, the following summary note had appeared : “The fertility of Muslims, which was about 10 per cent higher than that of Hindus before independence, is now 25 to 30 per cent higher than the Hindu rate, and the difference according to religion is larger than the difference between between the forward and depressed Hindu castes and tribes.” Frankly, the present Registrar General of Census, appointed by the Sonia Gandhi-controlled the United Progressive Alliance regime , has successfully led up the garden path the Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh. The master mystery of the continuing fudged Census 2011 narrative is that even after 4 years the Union Home Ministry has not been able to publish the Census 2011 data despite repetitive attempts made by an RTI activist to elicit the religion-wise growth rates different communities at all India level as well as in various States, as revealed by the Census 2011. Rajnath Singh Responsible for BJP Defeat in Delhi Assembly Elections The bottom line is that had the religion-wise data of Census 2011 been released before the elections to Delhi Assembly the Bharatiya Janta Party would not have suffered the most ignominious defeat at the hands of AAP. According to an informed source in the office of the Registrar General of Census, Delhi has witnessed a sharp upward increased in the percentage of Muslim population vis a vis the Hindus. At the same time,  the sharp increase in the percentage of Muslims at all India level and in certain States like Assam, West Bengal, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh and Maharashtra etc., would have awakened the Hindus to the reality of the looming threat of the serious demographic disaster facing them. By making use of the Census 2011 data the volunteers of the BJP could have easily motivated at least 10 to 15 percent more Hindu to come out and vote ! Grim Possibility of BJP Losing Bihar Assembly Elections Unfortunately it appears to be beyond the comprehension of the Union Home Minister, Rajnath Singh, that Census data is a key component of the strategy of winning elections. He does not realize that the UPA government had strategically forestalled the publication of religion-wise headcount of Census 2011 before 2014 general elections. If only the Home Minister was able to understand the import of this simple ploy of Sonia-Manmohan Singh regime he would not have sat on the reigion-wise data of Census 2011 for the last 10 months. It is time that someone awakened the Union Home Minister to the well known  adage that ‘demography is the key to every democracy’. He should be bluntly told that like the National Capital Region of Delhi, Bihar too is a State where the growth rate of  Muslims has been rising fast since 1951. Any further delay in the release of religion-wise Census 2011 data is bound to adversely affect the voting percentage of Hindus in the forthcoming Assembly elections in Bihar. In any case, the inability to publish the 4 years old Census 2011 data is a Serious aspersion on the functioning of the Union Home Minister !

More potential danger lay in the statement 7 of the Census 2001 (Religion Data Report, page (x1ii) that records the percentage of 0-6 years old Muslim cohorts (a term used in demographic parlance to denote the future reproductive trend) was higher than Hindu cohorts by 21 percent. (Comment: To this may be added nearly 25% lower acceptance of family planning among Muslims). This indicated that anytime between 2011 and 2016, that 6 years old cohorts have reached the reproductive age. The consequence could be well imagined. In 2001 Census, the Muslim cohorts was higher than that of Hindu cohorts in 31 of the 35 States and Union Territories of India.

Let us also recall the figures published in the year book of the Encyclopaedia Britannica of 2013 (quoted by us verbatim) in our circulatory mail several times.We reproduce those figures here:

The Encyclopedia Britannica Year Books of 2007 and 2013, records:

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA 2007 Population of India (as in 2000):- 1119538000 Religious affiliation (as in 2000):- Hindu 73.77%; Muslim 11.96%; Christian 6.08%; Sikh 2.16%.

ENCYCLOPEDIA BRITANNICA 2013 Population of India (as in 2012):- 1235004000 Religious affiliation (as in 2000):- Hindu 72.04%; Muslim 12.26%; Christian 6.81%; Sikh 1.87%. The above figures, as by tradition are given with the name of the author. We had brought this to the notice of the Union Home Minister and the Registrar General of Census, drawing special attention to the fact that those figures in the usually reliable Encyclopaedia were going unchallenged. Given this situation, we find it difficult to accept the figures, published  in “The Times Of India”, referred to above. Lest there be any unintentional goof-up in the matter, giving rise to any unwanted  and avoidable complications, we are requesting the same two authorities to have a relook at the matter. The issue has been delayed. Some more delay, if unavoidable, may be desirable than serious complications arising later. ,

Source: WHN Media Network