Kumar Said the commission should reconsider the provision of bringing the reproductive rate to 1.7. He said the population stabilises whne the reproductive growth rate is at least 2.1. While Kumar was not available for comment, VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal told TOI that historically it is the Hindu community that adheres to laws, especially population laws. This will trigger a negative growth rate among Hindus, which is not desirable at this point of time, he said. VHP otherwise, welcomes the objective of the policy which envisages stabilisation of the population. Chief minister Uddhave Thackeray may soon reshuffle his cabinet, particularly the Congress ministers following a plea by the party. A congress minister told TOI on Tuesday said  the AICC has proposed a reshuffle among Congress cabinet members. "It has been proposed to drop two cabinet members and induct two new ministers in their place, "he said. The Congress minister said the AICC recently took a review of the performance of all the Congress cabinet members and felt it was time to drop non-performimg mistakes. "It was felt that some Congress cabinet members were not visible during the pandemic Congress has already prepared the list of ministers who will be dropped. All will depend on the availability of the CM and the governor for the purpose, "the minister said. Secondly, the minister said the AICC is keen on early elections for the speaker's post which was earlier held by Congress' Nana Patole, who has been appointed as state party president. Patole is keen that he is inducted into the state cabinet, the minister said. "Senior AICC leaders Malikarjun Kharge and H.K Patil, who were in Mumabi, discussed the political situation and the possibility of a small reshuffle, "he said. The Minister said it has been proposed proposed that instead of holding a secret ballot for the speaker's election, the election should be held by raising of hands so that there is no scope for cross-voting. Cong wants 2 of its mantrisin Maha Cabinet replaced.
