MUMBAI: Shiv Sena mouthpiece Saamna called for immediate and stringent measures, including compulsory sterilisation, to control Muslim population in an editorial on Monday.Referring to a report of the BSF that the Muslim population had increased in Rajasthan villages which touch the Pakistan, Saamna said the Centre should initiate immediate measures to check the trend. Saamna wondered if the BJP-led government at the Centre would show the courage, after having taken firm steps against triple talaak, to amend the civil code to check the rising Muslim population.Meanwhile, Muslim leaders condemned the suggestion by Saamna that Muslim men should be compulsorily sterilised, saying it was an attempt to polarise voters before the 2019 elections. "All the surveys show that Muslims' rate of growth has come down in the recent years," MIM legislator Waris Pathan said.