RSS leader Sunil Ambekar flags demographic changes, calls for scrutiny of population policies
RSS leader Sunil Ambekar has called for a review of population policies, citing demographic disparities he attributes to post-Independence marriage laws. He also criticized the prevalence of minority educational institutions, suggesting they contribute to religious conversion and social imbalance.
Why it matters
The statement reflects ongoing ideological debates in India regarding the Uniform Civil Code and the influence of religious demographics on national policy.
Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh’s (RSS) national publicity in-charge Sunil Ambekar on Tuesday (September 28, 2026) said that marriage laws framed post-Independence allowed certain communities to have more than one spouse while penalising Hindus from doing so, and that this contributed to demographic disparities.
Speaking at the Indira Gandhi Centre for Arts at the launch of a book titled Secularvaad aur Badalti Jansankhya ke Aankde (Secularism and Changing Population Figures) , Mr. Ambekar said that population implications should have been weighed when such laws were framed.
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