Lucknow, July 27: Senior Bharatiya Janata Party MP Hari Om Pandey on Friday made another controversial statement and said that rising Muslim population was responsible for the increase in rape and murder cases. He went on to say that a new Pakistan will be formed if the government fails to control Muslim population in the country.

"The menaces such as of terrorism, rape, sexual harassment prevailing in India is only because of the rising Muslim populations. If one looks closely, there is a rapid increase in the percentage of Muslim populants since the time of Independence," Hari Om Pandey, parlimentarian from Uttar Pradesh's Ambedkar Nagar, told news agency ANI.

Pandey also added that the increased population will result in unemployment and stagnant economic growth which in-turn will bring anarchy in India.

He was of the view that a bill pertaining to the matter should soon be introduced in the Parliament and the necessary measures should be taken at the earliest for curbing population growth.

"I believe that a bill on population control must be introduced in the Parliament in order to save India from another dreadful partition," he said.

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