Muslims Having Multiple Wives, Children ‘Animalistic’: BJP’s Uttar Pradesh MLA Surendra Singh

In a statement that could stir controversy, BJP MLA from Ballia, Surendra Singh has said that Muslims who have many wives and children in large numbers have an ‘animalistic tendency’. While speaking to reporters, Singh said, “In the Muslim religion, you know that people keep 50 wives and give birth to 1050 children. This is not a tradition but an animalistic tendency. In society, giving birth to only two to four children is normal.” Surendra Singh has been in news, time and again, for his controversial statements.

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