AMRITSAR, Dec. 8 -- Akal Takht acting jathedar Giani Kuldeep Singh Gargaj has urged the Sikh community to have at least three or four children, as the population is in decline.

Addressing a congregation in Fatehgarh Sahib on December 2, a video of which is being widely circulated on social media, the jathedar said, "The population of all the communities has swelled, but we (Sikhs) have not been able to match the growth."

He went on to add that producing only one child is not a wise policy, though either a son or a daughter is a gift of God. "We should have at least 3 or 4 children in a family, only then we have relations such as Massi, Bhua, Fhufad, Tayi, etc. This is not a conservative approach. We should think in this direction", he s...