Pilibhit: Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Singh Gangwar on Sunday made a shocking claim by stating that cancer can be cured by cleaning cowsheds and lying there. Gangawar also said that even blood pressure medicines could be reduced by half just by petting cows and serving them. The UP minister’s statement has sparked controversy.
The minister made these remarks while inaugurating a cowshed in a village in UP's Pilibhit district. "Blood pressure could be cured by petting the back of the cow. There are cows here and people should pet a cow on its back every morning and evening and serve it. After doing this, if the person was taking a 20 mg dose of blood pressure medicine, it would come down to 10 mg within 10 days. It is a tested formula," the minister said in Hindi during the event.
Sanjay Gangwar's Statement:
Sanjay Singh Gangwar
"If a cancer patient starts cleaning a cowshed and lying there, the disease can be cured. If you burn cow dung cakes, you will get relief from mosquitoes. So, everything that a cow produces is useful in some way for us, the minister added. Several other diseases get cured even by serving cows. He further stated that many other diseases could also be cured by serving cows.
Sanjay Gangwar
Gangwar, a BJP leader, is a member of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly from Pilibhit since March 2017. He is also a Minister of State in the Second Yogi Adityanath ministry.
Earlier this month, A BJP functionary from Indore district made similar remarks. He urged organisers to make people sip "gaumutra" (cow urine) before letting them in garba pandals during the Navratri festival as a Hindu can never refuse this precondition. The Congress questioned the BJP leader's call, terming it a new tactic of polarisation by the saffron party. Proposing "aachman", BJP district president Chintu Verma told reporters that the aachman practice has great significance in Sanatan culture.