Retired IAS officer and author Niyaz Khan has sparked controversy after making strong remarks on India’s growing population, corruption, and political ideology in a series of posts on social media platform X.
Khan, a former Madhya Pradesh cadre officer known for writing novels such as Abu Salem’s Love Story and Brahmin The Great, called for a discussion on compulsory sterilisation in India, claiming the country’s rising population had become a serious concern.
In a post shared on Friday morning, Khan wrote that India’s population of nearly 1.5 billion had become a “serious burden” and urged the government and people to consider sterilisation measures.
“The country’s population has become a wound that is growing worse. The time has come to think about forced sterilisation, or people should voluntarily undergo sterilisation, or the government should make it compulsory,” he wrote.
Khan also made remarks about the Muslim community, claiming that Muslims have more children and saying stricter sterilisation measures should be implemented for them as well.
“If we do not act now, the future will become dark,” he added.
Raises Concerns Over Corruption in India
In another post shared the same day, Niyaz Khan expressed concern about corruption and questioned the public’s silence on the issue.
He said widespread corruption was weakening the country from within, while many people remained focused on free welfare schemes and continued to support corrupt politicians.
“Massive corruption is hollowing out the country. People remain silent and are busy enjoying free facilities. They elect corrupt leaders again and again,” Khan wrote.
He further claimed that people had lost their “conscience and soul” and questioned whether India could truly become a global superpower under such conditions.
“After all this, we still dream of becoming a superpower,” he said.
‘Leaders Change Ideology Overnight’
A day earlier, Khan had also commented on what he described as an “ideological crisis” in Indian politics.
In another social media post, he said politicians frequently abandon their beliefs for power and switch ideologies overnight.
“There is a major ideological crisis in politics. Leaders change their ideology overnight for power. Secular leaders suddenly become hardliners,” Khan wrote.
He also criticised the role of ordinary citizens, saying people remain silent spectators despite political changes happening around them.
“The common people are only silent viewers and have no importance in power,” he added.
