India may witness another partition in 2047: BJP leader

NEW DELHI: Senior politician and Indian Union minister Giriraj Singh, belonging to ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), has said that India may witness another partition in 2047.

Pointing that India saw a partition on the basis of religion in 1947, the BJP leader said that the population has gone up from 33 crore to 135.7 crore in 72 years.

Without naming any community, the Union minister said that “the population explosion of divisive forces is dreadful. Taking to microblogging site Twitter, Singh said:

1947 में धर्म के आधार पर ही देश का विभाजन हुआ वैसी ही परिस्थिति पुनः2047 तक होगी।
72 साल में जनसंख्या 33cr से बढ़कर 135.7cr हो गया है।
विभाजनकारी ताक़तों का जनसंख्या विस्फोट भयावह है ।
अभी तो 35A के बहस पर हंगामा हो रहा है।आने वाले वक़्त में तो एक भारत का ज़िक्र करना असंभव होगा। pic.twitter.com/5RbWk3nEws

— Giriraj Singh (@girirajsinghbjp) September 16, 2018

“It would become impossible to even mention about India in the times of come.”

Making reference to the ongoing controversy over Article 35A of the Indian Constitution, which gives special status to occupied Kashmir, the BJP leader tweeted in Hindi, “The country was divided in 1947 on the basis of religion. A similar situation will happen in 2047. In 72 years, the population has gone up from 33 crore to 135.7 crore. The population explosion of divisive forces is dreadful. At present there is uproar over discussion on 35A. It will become impossible to even mention about Bharat in the times to come.”