New Delhi, May 27: Congress MP Shashi Tharoor has welcomed the Centre’s announcement about the formation of the ‘High-Level Committee on Demographic Change’ to tackle challenges like infiltration that pose unnatural demographic change in the country, however, he cautioned the government against pushing it without adequate facts and figures in hand, regarding “unnatural population shifts”. He said that the country must have correct facts and figures about the demographic factors.
This came as Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Tuesday announced the formation of the ‘High-Level Committee on Demographic Change’ to evaluate unnatural population shifts across India.
Speaking to IANS, Tharoor said, “That’s a very important development; there are lots of things happening. There are changes of various kinds, and I think it’s important that before we have a serious conversation about the political implications, we should understand the numbers we’re dealing with. Otherwise, people can misuse data, especially if it’s incomplete, by needlessly creating political controversies.
“It’s important that we have data, so I’m supporting any idea that will give us facts and figures that are accurate, that are comprehensive, showing all the demographic factors, the trends and so on. We have a national census also happening. I think between the two of them, we should have a more accurate picture of what the reality is in our country,” he added. (IANS)
