He also told that the government of India suppress real Muslim population.[130] As per as author Shakir Lakhani, there should be at least 90 million Indian Muslims who have not been registered by the Indian authorities during last census. He have also said that there should have been about 262 million Muslims in 2011 census, instead of 172.2 million as reported by census authority earlier.[131] For instance, when India's 6th census of 2001 for religious demographics was released, The United States at 2011 year have given a statement based upon their believes that there are many more Muslims who live in India than is being officially stated there through census figure of 2001. Referring to various ‘contacts’ in India, the US cable says that most of them believe that the official figure (Census 2001) of over 138 million Muslims in India is “under representative” as the actual number is “substantially higher” — closer to 160-180 million which eventually turned into a missing number puzzle of 22-42 million Muslims who may be or may not be counted in the official census.[132][133] On 2021, Congress MLA from Bhopal Arif Masood have also said, that " The country’s population is over 130 crores and the Muslim population stands at around 25 crores.”[134]