Moradabad: Samajwadi Party minister Azam Khan - "It's really disconcerting to find it's Ashok Singhal who will decide how many kids one should have. It should be left to the parents to decide who many kids a family should have."
Delhi : Congress spokesperson Rashid Alvi - "He doesn't want five children for Hindus, he is rather worried about the votes. They have this misimpression that Muslims produce more children and he wants to split the voting between Hindus and Muslims. Today he is talking about five children, I hope in future he does not start talking about four wives."
Hyderabad: BJP leader Venkaiah Naidu, flush with the victory over Telangana - "I am a Hindu and I am happy with having two kids."
Delhi: K C Tyagi, Janatal Dal(U) leader - "It's an irrational comment, not even worth condemning."