1. In 1970s Congress launched a major population-control programme, encouraged by large international loans from the World Bank, the Swedish International Development Authority, and the UN Population Fund.
2. During the 1975 Congress Held Emergency, when civil liberties were suspended, Sanjay Gandhi led a harsh sterilisation campaign targeting poor men, with reports of police surrounding villages and forcing men into surgery.
3. In just one year, 6.2 million men were sterilised—15 times more than the number sterilised by the Nazis—resulting in around 2,000 deaths from unsafe procedures.
4. According to science journalist Mara Hvistendahl, India has a long, troubling history of state-driven population control with eugenic undertones that target the poor;(Chattisgarh deaths)
5. In 2013–2014 Congress they performed nearly 4 million sterilisations, but fewer than 100,000 were on men. Between 2009 and 2012, more than 700 deaths and hundreds of complications were reported due to botched surgeries.
2. During the 1975 Congress Held Emergency, when civil liberties were suspended, Sanjay Gandhi led a harsh sterilisation campaign targeting poor men, with reports of police surrounding villages and forcing men into surgery.
3. In just one year, 6.2 million men were sterilised—15 times more than the number sterilised by the Nazis—resulting in around 2,000 deaths from unsafe procedures.
4. According to science journalist Mara Hvistendahl, India has a long, troubling history of state-driven population control with eugenic undertones that target the poor;(Chattisgarh deaths)
5. In 2013–2014 Congress they performed nearly 4 million sterilisations, but fewer than 100,000 were on men. Between 2009 and 2012, more than 700 deaths and hundreds of complications were reported due to botched surgeries.