'Come To RSS Shakha For 15 Days': BJP Slams Congress Leader After Criticism Over Bhagwat Remark

Last Updated:August 29, 2025, 20:37 IST

A row has erupted after RSS chief said that every Indian citizen should consider having three children.

Left: Uttar Pradesh Congress chief Ajay Rai; Right: BJP Spokesperson RP Singh (ANI image)

The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Friday responded to Congress leader Ajay Rai’s remark criticising Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) chief Mohan Bhagwat’s ‘three children’ statement. BJP Spokesperson RP Singh said that the Congress leader should visit the Sangh for 15 days before saying anything without understanding the organisation’s work.

“Ajay Rai should come to the Sangh’s shakha for 15 days. Only then will he come to know the nationalist works done by the RSS," Singh said. “Making such comments is not right because he has no knowledge of the Sangh," he added.

This came after Rai attacked the RSS chief and said that the former should immediately issue a directive to all RSS members to get married and follow what he has said.

On the RSS chief’s other statement that political leaders should retire at the age of 75, Rai alleged that the BJP and RSS had earlier used such rules to sideline senior leaders.

“This limit is set by their people only. This rule is being formed just to put LK Advani and MM Joshi in Margdarshak Mandal for their political murder. And now, when their time has come, they are saying nothing like this. So, this is a double standard of RSS, and the public is watching this," the Congress leader said.

What Did RSS Chief Say?

On Thursday, RSS Supremo Mohan Bhagwat, while addressing the centenary celebrations of RSS in New Delhi, had said every Indian citizen should consider having three children.

“Our country’s population policy recommends 2.1 children, on average. But when one has children, then they don’t have 0.1 children. In maths, 2.1 is 2, but with the birth of children after 2, it is 3, which is why 2.1 means 3. Every citizen should see that there should be three children in his/her family," the RSS chief said.

“This is a vision for the country. Secondly, there is also a concern. A population is an asset, but it can also be a burden. We have to feed everyone, which is why the population policy recommends this. In one way, the population is controlled, and on the other hand, it is sufficient; that is why 3 (children) should happen, but after that, it should not increase too much, looking at giving them a good upbringing. This is a thing to be accepted by everyone," Bhagwat said.

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