Indians, are you ready to rear cows? This BJP MLA demands your devotion to gau mata

BJP MLA demands your devotion to gau mata by rearing one cow each by every Indian

Bhopal, July 24: If this Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader has his way, then we all might end up taking care of at least one cow each. Yes, a member of legislative assembly (MLA) from BJP in Madhya Pradesh, Murlidhar Patidar, wants every Indian to rear a cow each.

"In fact everyone must rear one cow each. The key is not money but devotion. The practice has been on since ages," Patidar was quoted as saying by ANI.

Patidar came up with his bizarre suggestion during a discussion on stray cows in the Madhya Pradesh assembly on Monday. The BJP MLA insisted that the state government should come up with a law to make it mandatory for all belonging to the Below Poverty Line (BPL) to rear at least one cow each.

"The BPL card holders get ration and other government facilities. Can't we make a law to force every BPL card holder to rear at least one cow? If they don't keep cows, they will not get BPL facilities," Patidar said.

Call it gau mata bhakti (cow devotion) or one more leader jumping into the controversial issue of cow to gain instant popularity, but the fact is that where would 1.3 billion Indians get space to rear cows in their houses?

Moreover, millions of Indians are homeless. Does the BJP leader want homeless to take care of cows too? Last but not the least, it is hard to digest the fact cited by the BJP MP that every Indian since ages has been taking care of cows. Really?

In recent times, we have witnessed several cases of mob lynchings in the name of cow protection.

In spite of Prime Minister Narendra Modi's condemnation of violence perpetrated in the name of cow, beating and killing continue in the country.

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