“The previous government did not make 2011 census public, but this government has made it public. People studied it, analysed it, and after a comparative study, they found that there are lot of things in it which are worrisome. The percentage of the (people of) Indian-origin religions – Hindu, Buddhist, Jainism and Sikhs- is reducing in the last 60 years. In 1951, the population percentage of Indian-origin religions was 88%, which is now 83%,” senior RSS leader Krishna Gopal told media here.
“The population of Muslims is on a rise. In 1951, the population of Muslims was 9.8%, in 2011 it is 14.3 %. So, the population of people of Indian-origin religions has reduced by 5% but the population of Muslims has risen by 5 %,” he added.
Gopal further said that in the border areas the population of Muslims had grown four-fold.
During the three-day Akhil Bharatiya Karyakarini Mandal (ABKM) or Working committee meeting here, the RSS also passed a resolution on “Challenge of imbalance in the population growth rate”.
According to the latest census data, the Muslim community registered a moderate 0.8 per cent growth in the 10 year period between 2001 and 2011, while Hindus population showed a decline by 0.7 percent during the period.
