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How Many Children do BJP MLAs in UP have?

July 13, 2021 12:14 IST

Given the controversy over the Uttar Pradesh government's population control policy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com digs deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have.

IMAGE: Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Ajay Mohan Bisht aka Yogi Adityanath listens to a young citizen's grievances at his official residence in Lucknow during a Janata Darshan, July 12 2021. Photograph: Pawan Kumar/ANI Photo
 

The draft population control bill announced by the Bharatiya Janata Party government in Uttar Pradesh has led to an uproar.

According to the proposal, those having more than two children will be debarred from contesting local bodies polls, applying for government jobs or receiving any kind of subsidy, and from promotions in government jobs.

A draft of the Uttar Pradesh Population (Control, Stabilization and Welfare) Bill, 2021, has been uploaded on the state law commission Web site and suggestions have been invited from the public till July 19. The legislation will come into force after one year from the date of publication in the gazette.

Simultaneously, Chief Minister Ajay Mohan Bisht unveiled the Uttar Pradesh Population Policy 2021-2030 that aims to 'bring down the gross fertility rate among women to 2.1 by 2026 and to 1.9 by 2030'.

Besides seeking to achieve population stabilisation and reduce preventable maternal and infant deaths, the UP Population Policy also aims at preventing the death of children under the age of 5 years and improving their nutritional condition.

The population policy and the draft bill for population control have become a political flashpoint in UP where assembly elections are slated to be held by March.

The 40-page policy document mentions that 'attempts would be made to ensure there is a population balance among various communities in the state. Extensive campaigns would be run in communities, groups, and geographical areas where fertility rates were higher.'

The moves have met with pushback not just from Opposition parties like the Samajwadi Party and the Congress, but also from the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, which, like the BJP is part of rhe Sangh Parivar.

In a letter to the state law commission the VHP said 'Different communities respond differently to incentives or disincentives related to family planning and contraception'.

VHP International Working President Alok Kumar said in the letter that it was 'concerned about the Hindu population contracting whereas other communities are expanding.'

'The Total Fertility Rate of Hindus in states like Assam and Kerala has declined far below the replacement rate of 2.1, but that of Muslims is 3.16 in Assam and in Kerala, it is 2.33.

'In these states, one of the communities has thus entered the contraction phase while the other is still expanding,' the VHP letter stated.

Given the controversy, Hemant Shivsaran/Rediff.com dug deep to find out how many children BJP legislators in UP have.

Number of children UP's BJP MLAs have
NameConstituencyBoysGirlsTotal
Roshan Lal Verma Tilhar 3 5 8
Madhuri Verma Nanpara 1 6 7
Kunwar Ajay Pratap Singh Colonelganj 4 2 6
Awasthi Bala Prasad Dhaurahra 3 3 6
Krishna Paswan Khaga 3 3 6
Kailash Singh Rajput Tirwa 2 4 6
Baijnath Rawat Haidergarh 3 3 6
Ratnakar Mishra Mirzapur 2 4 6
Ram Naresh Agnihotri Bhongaon 2 4 6
Satyaprakash Agarwal Meerut Cantonment 3 3 6
Professor (Dr) Avadhesh Singh Pindra 2 3 5
Udaybhan Singh Fatehpur Sikri 5 0 5
Kamlesh Saini Chandpur 1 4 5
Chetram Powayan 2 3 5
Dr G S Dharmesh Agra Cantontment 3 2 5
Biharilal Arya Mauranipur 2 3 5
Manohar Lal Mehroni 3 2 5
Mahendra Singh Khargvanshi Hasanpur 2 3 5
Mahesh Chandra Gupta Badaun 2 3 5
Mukut Bihari Verma Kaiserganj 2 3 5
Ravindra Nath Tripathi Bhadohi 3 2 5
Ram Chandra Yadav Rudauli 3 2 5
Ramferan Pandey Shrawasti 2 3 5
Shriram Sonkar Muhammadabad Gohna (SC) 3 2 5
Hriday Narayan Dikshit Bhagwantnagar 3 2 5
Raj Kumar Sahyogi Iglas 2 3 5
Dr Ajay Kumar Bara 1 3 4
Dr Anil Kumar Maurya Ghorawal 1 3 4
Arvind Giri Gola Gokrannath 2 2 4
Kamlesh Shukla Rampur Karkhana 3 1 4
Karinda Singh Goverdhan 3 1 4
Kali Prasad Salempur 2 2 4
Chandrika Prasad Upadhyay Chitrakoot 2 2 4
Jai Devi Malihabad 4 0 4
Jaimangal Maharajganj 1 3 4
Dayaram Chaudhary Basti Sadar 1 3 4
Dara Singh Chauhan Madhuban 2 2 4
Dinesh Chaudhary Kerakat 3 1 4
Devendra Singh Lodhi Syana 2 2 4
Dr Dharam Singh Saini Nakur 3 1 4
Pooran Prakash Baldev 3 1 4
Pramod Utwal Purqazi 4 0 4
Bajrang Bahadur Singh Pharenda 1 3 4
Manvendra Singh Dadraul 3 1 4
Ranvendra Pratap Singh Husainganj 2 2 4
Raj Karan Kabir Naraini 2 2 4
Rajkumar Agrwal Sandila 3 1 4
Rajmani Kol Koraon 2 2 4
Rajendra Pratap Singh Patti 1 3 4
Ram Pal Verma Balamau 4 0 4
Laxmi Narayan Chhata 1 3 4
Lal Bahadur Manjhanpur 1 3 4
Vikram Singh Khatauli 2 2 4
Vikramajeet Maurya Phaphamau 1 3 4
Vijay Pal Hapur 2 2 4
Vinay Kumar Dwivedi Mehnaun 1 3 4
Vipin Kumar Etah 2 2 4
Ved Prakash Gupta Ayodhya 3 1 4
Sharada Prasad Chakia 3 1 4
Sheetla Prasad Sirathu 2 2 4
Sanjeev Kumar Diwakar Jalesar 3 1 4
Sanju Devi Tanda 3 1 4
Satyapal Singh Rathaur Aliganj 3 1 4
Sant Prasad Khajani 3 1 4
Savitri Katheria Bharthana 3 1 4
Sitaram Verma Sadar 1 3 4
Surendra Narayan Singh Rohaniya 3 1 4
Sureshwar Singh Mahasi 2 2 4
Kamal Singh Malik Garhmukteshwar 2 2 4
Ajeet Kumar Gunnaur 2 1 3
Atul Garg Gaziabad 2 1 3
Anil Parashar Koil 2 1 3
Anil Rajbhar Shivpur 1 2 3
Anupma Jaiswal Bahraich 1 2 3
Anoop Pradhan Khair 1 2 3
Abhijeet Singh Sanga Bithoor 1 2 3
Amar Singh Kaimganj 2 1 3
Arun Kumar Yadav Phoolpur Pawai 0 3 3
Om Kumar Nehtaur 2 1 3
Kapil Dev Agarwal Muzaffarnagar 2 1 3
Kishan Lal Rajpoot Barkhera 1 2 3
Ganga Fazilnagar 1 2 3
Garima Singh Amethi 1 2 3
Girish Chandra Yadav Jaunpur 1 2 3
Gulab Devi Chandausi 0 3 3
Chandrapal Kushwaha Baberu 2 1 3
Jai Prakash Nishad Rudrapur 1 2 3
Jitendera Pal Singh Siwalkhas 1 2 3
Jitendra Verma Fatehabad 2 1 3
Gyan Tiwari Sevata 2 1 3
Gyanendra Singh Paniyara 1 2 3
Tejpal Singh Nagar Dadri 1 2 3
Dalveer Singh Barauli 1 2 3
Digvijay Narayan Chaubey Khalilabad 2 1 3
Dinanath Bhaskar Aurai 2 1 3
Deomani Dwivedi Lambhua 1 2 3
Devendra Singh Rajput Kasganj 1 2 3
Dharmpal Singh Aonla 3 0 3
Dhamendra Singh Shakya Shekhupur 2 1 3
Nand Gopal Gupta Allahabad South 2 1 3
Narendra Pal Singh Kalpi 2 1 3
Nagendra Singh Rathore Bhojpur 3 0 3
Dr Neeraj Bora Lucknow North 1 2 3
Neelam Karwariya Meja 1 2 3
Paltooram Balrampur 2 1 3
Pratibha Shukla Akbarpur Raniya 2 1 3
Prem Narayan Pandey Tarabganj 2 1 3
Premsagar Patel Siswa 3 0 3
Bamba Lal Safipur 2 1 3
Baburam Paswan Puranpur 2 1 3
Bimla Singh Solanki Sikandrabad 1 2 3
Birendra Singh Rana Sikandra Rao 2 1 3
Brijesh Kumar Mohan 3 0 3
Brajesh Kumar Prajapati Tindwari 0 3 3
Brajesh Pathak Lucknow Central 1 2 3
Bhagwati Prasad Sagar Bilhaur 1 2 3
Manish Asija Firozabad 2 1 3
Mamtesh Shakya Patiyali 1 2 3
Mahesh Trivedi Kidwai Nagar 3 0 3
Ravendra Pal Singh Chharra 2 1 3
Rakesh Singh Baghel Menhdawal 1 2 3
Rajeev Kumar Singh Dataganj 2 1 3
Rajeev Singh Babina 1 2 3
Rajesh Agarwal Bareilly Cantonment 1 2 3
Rajesh Kumar Mishra Bithari Chainpur 1 2 3
Ramgopal Pappu Lodhi Jasrana 1 2 3
Ram Naresh Rawat Bachhrawan 1 2 3
Ramratan Kushwaha Lalitpur 1 2 3
Lakhan Singh Dibiyapur 3 0 3
Vikram Singh Fatehpur 1 2 3
Vinay Shakya Bidhuna 1 2 3
Sharad Kumar Awasthi Ram Nagar 1 2 3
Sheetal Pandey Sahajanwa 3 0 3
Shyam Prakash Gopamau 2 1 3
Dr Shyam Bihari Lal Faridpur 1 2 3
Ram Chauhan Dhanghata 1 2 3
Sanjay Anupshahr 2 1 3
Sanjeev Kumar Obra 3 0 3
Satish Chandra Sharma Dariyabad 2 1 3
Satyavir Tyagi Kithore 2 1 3
Sarita Bhadauriya Etawah 2 1 3
Sadhana Singh Mughalsarai 2 1 3
Surendra Nath Singh Bairia 1 2 3
Suresh Kumar Thana Bhawan 2 1 3
Suresh Pasi Jagdishpur 3 0 3
Suresh Tiwari Barhaj 2 1 3
Sushil Singh Saiyadraja 1 2 3
Surya Pratap Shahi Pathardeva 1 2 3
Suryabhan Singh Sultanpur 2 1 3
Dr Somendra Tomar Meerut South 2 1 3
Hari Shankar Mahor Hathras 2 1 3
Yuvraj Singh Hamirpur 2 1 3
Suresh Chandra Tiwari Lucknow Cantonment 2 1 3
Prempal Singh Dhangar Tundla 1 2 3
Agyash Ram Saran Verma Bisalpur 1 1 2
Ajay Kumar Singh Harraiya 1 1 2
Ajit Pal Tyagi Muradnagar 2 0 2
Anil Sharma Shikarpur 1 1 2
Aneeta Alapur 2 0 2
Anurag Singh Chunar 1 1 2
Abhay Kumar Ojha Raniganj 2 0 2
Archana Pandey Chhibramau 2 0 2
Alka Rai Mohammadabad 2 0 2
Avtar Singh Bhadana Meerapur 1 1 2
Avinash Trivedi Bakshi Kaa Talab 1 1 2
Upendra Tiwari Phephana 0 2 2
Karan Singh Patel Bindki 2 0 2
Krishanpal Malik Baraut 1 1 2
Kailash Nath Shukla Tulsipur 1 1 2
Gauri Shankar Orai 1 1 2
Chandra Prakash Shukl Kaptanganj 0 2 2
Chhatrapal Singh Gangwar Baheri 0 2 2
Jatashanker Tripathi Khadda 1 1 2
Jai Pratap Singh Bansi 2 0 2
Jawahar Lal Rajpoot Garautha 2 0 2
Dr D C Varma Meerganj 1 1 2
Dinesh Khatik Hastinapur 1 1 2
Devender Kumar Nim Rampur Maniharan 1 1 2
Dhirendra Singh Jewar 1 1 2
Nand Kishore Loni 2 0 2
Nirmala Sankhwar Rasulabad 1 1 2
Dr Neelkanth Tiwari Varanasi South 1 1 2
Nilima Katiyar Kalyanpur 2 0 2
Pankaj Singh Noida 1 1 2
Prakash Chandra Dwivedi Banda 1 1 2
Prabhat Kumar Verma Gaura 2 0 2
Praveen Kumar Singh Phulpur 1 1 2
Fateh Bahadur Caimpiyarganj 2 0 2
Baldev Singh Aulakh Bilaspur 1 1 2
Bahoran Lal Maurya Bhojipura 0 2 2
Brijbhushan Rajpoot Charkhari 2 0 2
Brijesh Deoband 1 1 2
Bhupesh Chaubey Robertsganj 1 1 2
Manju Tyagi Sri Nagar 1 1 2
Mayankeshwar Sharan Singh Tiloi 2 0 2
Mahendra Pal Singh Pipraich 1 1 2
Mahendra Pratap Singh Biswan 1 1 2
Mahesh Kumar Goyal Kheragarh 2 0 2
Kunwar Madhvendra Pratap Sawaijpur 1 1 2
Dr Mukesh Chandra Verma Shikohabad 1 1 2
Yogendra Upadhyaya Agra South 2 0 2
Yogesh Dhama Baghpat 2 0 2
Yogesh Verma Lakhimpur 1 1 2
Rajnikant Mani Tripathi Kushinagar 1 1 2
Rajani Tiwari Shahabad 1 1 2
Ramapati Shastri Mankapur 1 1 2
Rama Shankar Singh Marihan 2 0 2
Ramesh Chandra Mishra Badlapur 2 0 2
Ravi Kumar Sonkar Mahadewa 0 2 2
Ravi Sharma Jhansi Nagar 1 1 2
Ravindra Jaiswal Varanasi North 1 1 2
Rakesh Rathore Sitapur 1 1 2
Raghvendra Pratap Singh Doomariyaganj 1 1 2
Rajbala Singh Milak 1 1 2
Rajesh Kumar Singh Kanth 2 0 2
Rajesh Gautam Kadipur 0 2 2
Radha Krishan Sharma Bilsi 1 1 2
Ram Krishna Bhargava Misrikh 2 0 2
Ram Pratap Singh Etmadpur 1 1 2
Ram Pratap Verma Utraula 2 0 2
Ritesh Kumar Gupta Moradabad Nagar 1 1 2
Lokendra Pratap Singh Mohammdi 2 0 2
Vikas Gupta Ayah Shah 2 0 2
Vijendra Singh Khurja 2 0 2
Vinod Kumar Katiyar Bhognipur 1 1 2
Bipin Singh Gorakhpur Rural 1 1 2
Virendra Marhara 1 1 2
Shashank Trivedi Maholi 2 0 2
Shuchismita Maurya Majhawan 1 1 2
Shrikant Sharma Mathura 2 0 2
Sangeet Singh Som Sardhana 1 1 2
Dr Sangeeta Balwant Ghazipur 2 0 2
Sanjay Pratap Jaiswal Rudhauli 1 1 2
Dr Satish Chandra Dwivedi Itwa 1 1 2
Satish Mahana Maharajpur 1 1 2
Sidharth Nath Singh Allahabad West 2 0 2
Suchi Bijnor 1 1 2
Sunita Zamania 1 1 2
Sunil Kumar Sharma Sahibabad 2 0 2
Major Sunil Dutt Dwivedi Farrukhabad 1 1 2
Suneel Verma Laharpur 2 0 2
Subhash Tripathi Payagpur 2 0 2
Suresh Rahi Hargaon 1 1 2
Sushil Kumar Shakya Amritpur 2 0 2
Saurabh Singh Kasta 1 1 2
Swati Singh Sarojini Nagar 1 1 2
Swami Prasad Maurya Padrauna 1 1 2
Harvindar Kumar Sahni Palia 2 0 2
Dr Harendra Prasad Singh Zafrabad 1 1 2
Purushottam Khandelwal Agra North 1 1 2
Kirat Singh Gangoh 1 1 2
Anand Shukla Manikpur 1 1 2
Surendra Maithani Govindnagar 1 1 2
Dr Satyaprakash Madi Tripathi Deoria 1 1 2
Upendra Nath Paswan Ghatampur 2 0 2
Shrikant Katiyar Bangermau 1 1 2
Usha Sirohi Bulandshahr 2 0 2
Dr Anita Lodhi Rajput Debai 0 1 1
Dr Arun Kumar Bareilly 1 0 1
Ashok Kumar Rana Dhampur 1 0 1
Ashish Kumar Singh “Ashu” Bilgram Mallanwan 1 0 1
Ashutosh Tandon Lucknow East 0 1 1
Umesh Malik Budhana 1 0 1
Tejendra Nirwal Shamli 1 0 1
Dhananjay Kannoujia Belthara Road 1 0 1
Dhirendra Bahadur Singh Sareni 0 1 1
Pankaj Gupta Unnao 1 0 1
Rani Pakshalika Singh Bah 1 0 1
Pawan Kumar Hata 1 0 1
Prateek Bhushan Singh Gonda 1 0 1
Prabhash Kumar Sandi 1 0 1
Baba Gorakhnath Milkipur 1 0 1
Bawan Singh Katra Bazar 1 0 1
Manisha Anuragi Rath 1 0 1
Dr Manju Shiwach Modi Nagar 0 1 1
Moolchandra Singh Madhaugarh 1 0 1
Rakesh Kumar Goswami Mahoba 1 0 1
Dr Radha Mohan Das Agrawal Gorakhpur Urban 0 1 1
Dr Vimlesh Paswan Bansgaon 0 1 1
Shobha Singh Chauhan Bikapur 1 0 1
Sangeeta Yadav Chauri Chaura 1 0 1
Sanjay Yadav Sikanderpur 1 0 1
Sanjeev Raja Aligarh 1 0 1
Sakendra Pratap Verma Kursi 0 1 1
Saurabh Srivastava Varanasi Cantonment 0 1 1
Hemlata Diwakar Kushwaha Agra Rural 0 1 1
Ajit Pal Singh Sikandra 1 0 1
Vijay Kumar Rajbhar Ghosi 1 0 1
Saroj Sonkar Balha 1 0 1
Sangeeta Chauhan Naugawan Sadat 1 0 1
Anand Swarup Shukla Ballia Nagar 0 0 0
Indra Pratap Tiwari Goshainganj 0 0 0
Kushagra Sagar Bisauli 0 0 0
Rajeev Tarara Dhanaura 0 0 0
Veer Vikram Singh Katra 0 0 0
Shailesh Kumar Singh 'Shailu' Gainsari 0 0 0
Shyam Dhani Kapilvastu 0 0 0
Sanjay Kumar Chail 0 0 0
Sanjay Singh Gangwar Pilibhit 0 0 0
Sandeep Kumar Singh Atrauli 0 0 0
Suresh Kumar Khanna Shahjahanpur 0 0 0
Kunwar Sushant Kumar Singh Barhapur 0 0 0
Harshvardhan Bajpai Allahabad North 0 0 0
Shashank Verma Nighasan 0 0 0

Source: http://uplegisassembly.gov.in/Members/main_members_en.aspx#/partyWiseMLA/1/17

HEMANT SHIVSARAN