Tribune Web Desk

Chandigarh, May 27

Yoga guru Ramdev’s advice on population control may have backed him into a corner.

The yoga guru suggested recently that governments should deny welfare benefits and voting rights to the third child as a measure to control population, quite possibly forgetting that Prime Minister Narendra Modi—a leader he supports—was also one.

All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen founder Asaddudin Owaisi however helpfully reminded him of the fact on Monday.

Owaisi, a leader known to never mince his words, said in a tweet in response to Ramdev’s advice: ““There is no law preventing people from saying downright unconstitutiona (sic) things, but why do Ramdev’s ideas receive undue attention?”

“That he can do a thing with his stomach or move about his legs shouldn’t mean @narendramodi lose his right to vote just because he’s the 3rd kid.”

Addressing a press conference in Haridwar, he said the country's population should not be allowed to go beyond 150 crore.

"This is only possible if we enact a legislation denying voting rights to the third or higher children of a parent. Such children should also be denied right to contest elections and other government services," he had suggested.