An outfit named Taxpayers’ Association of Bharat (TAXAB) formed last year is set to launch a nationwide campaign demanding population control law in India.

The campaign pressing for two-child policy in India will be formally launched from New Delhi’s Constitution Club on July 10, the eve of World Population Day.

They launched an SMS campaign in May requesting people to give missed call to a particular number should they support the cause. They have also floated a petition signing campaign through their website.

In April this year, the BJP-led government in Assam released its draft population policy where it advocated a strict two-child policy.

“We have received support from more than four lakh people already. These people gave missed calls to the designated number and signed online petition. We have also started sending suggestions to all state government, requesting them to take necessary actions in this regard,” said Parmesh Ranjan, secretary of the outfit.

Ranjan, an IIT Delhi alumnus, worked in leadership positions at several prominent business firms.

“We have 7,000 volunteers across all of India’s nearly-650 districts,” Ranjan said, adding that the campaign will primarily be carried out on social media, targeting the youth, but will eventually be taken to the grassroots level.

The contention of TAXAB is that the taxpayers’ money is losing its way, as India’s population is growing out of proportion with its landmass and national wealth.

“Population in Bharat is growing rapidly. The growth is so alarming that it has nullified the impact of all development. In 1947, population of Bharat was nearly 36 crores which has increased by more than four times… Though taxpayers are regularly increasing their contribution to fight with poverty, the vote bank politics has been misusing the hard-earned money of taxpayers for past 70 years,” reads the online petition.

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