Voting for the fifth phase of Lok Sabha elections 2024 will take place on May 20. During this time, a video news is going viral on social media. In this, the anchor can be heard saying that on the orders of Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, a draft has been prepared regarding the population control bill in the state. Under this, it has been said that people with more than two children will not get many facilities. Linking this video to the recent times, some users are claiming that people with more than two children in UP will not get any government facility.
Vishvas News in its investigation found that the viral video news is from July 2021. about three years ago population control law The draft was prepared. Complaints and suggestions were also sought from the common people on this. This has not been made a law yet.
what is viral post
x user Manoj Srivastava ,archive link) while sharing Republic India’s video news on May 15, wrote,
“Yogi explodes atom bomb in Uttar Pradesh
If there are more than two children then there is no government facility
Was Gujarat’s 27-year-old BJP government able to do this?”
Facebook user Sunil Sati ,archive link) has made a similar claim while posting a video news on May 16.
investigation
To verify the viral claim, we searched about it on Google using keywords. Dainik Bhaskar three years ago Website But according to the news published, the Yogi Adityanath government of Uttar Pradesh has prepared the draft of population control law. If this becomes a law, then people with more than two children in the state will not get government facilities. For them Government Job Will not get it. This draft has been prepared by Justice Aditya Mittal, Chairman of the State Law Commission. Under the draft, those who have more than two children will not be able to contest elections. The Commission has sought suggestions from the common people on this draft till July 19.
It is also written in the news that according to the draft, this bill will remain valid for one year from the date of its publication in the Gazette. Will be implemented later.
Dainik Jagran’s Website But in the news published on August 16, 2021, it is written that the Uttar Pradesh State Law Commission has submitted the draft of the Population Control Bill to CM Yogi Adityanath. It recommends giving some additional benefits to families with one child. In this, demotion along with reduction in government facilities has been recommended for a family with two children. A recommendation is also included to stop such people from contesting local body elections. After the opinion received from the common people, this draft has been finalized under the direction of the Chairman of the Commission, retired Justice AN Mittal. The Commission has said that the population of the state has increased by 20.23 percent in the year 2001-2011.
During search, we found viral video news on Republic Bharat’s YouTube channel. It has been uploaded on 11 July 2021.
In this, viral video news can be seen after 15:50 minutes.
This makes it clear that the viral video news is about three years old.
We talked to Uttar Pradesh BJP spokesperson Avnish Tyagi about this. He says that The draft of the UP Population Control Act was prepared before the assembly elections. This was also discussed. At present this law has not been made yet.
A letter published on ABP website on 20 April 2023 Article According to, in 2019, BJP MP Rakesh Sinha had introduced the Private Member Bill Population Regulation Bill in the Rajya Sabha. There was strong opposition to this and later the matter cooled down. Since the independence of the country, a bill regarding population control has been introduced about 35 times, but it could not become a law.
Those who shared old videos with misleading claims user We scanned his profile. A user influenced by political ideology has around 18 thousand followers.
conclusion: About three years ago, a draft population control bill was prepared in UP. that video news now Lok Sabha Elections Is being shared during. There is no law made regarding this yet.
Disclaimer: This story was published by Vishvas News and republished by Live Hindustan. This has been done under the Shakti Collective project.
