Madhya Pradesh BJP Leader Asks to ‘Sip Gaumutra To Join Garba’; Takes U-Turn from Statement

Indore: The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s district president of Indore in Madhya Pradesh requested organisers to make people sip Gaumutra or cow urine before letting them in garba pandals during the Navratri festival.

After his statement evoked a controversy, Chintu Verma, BJP District President, Indore, on Tuesday took a u-turn from his remark saying it was his personal view.

He claimed that he had made his statement with a very sacred feeling, but many people and Congress turned it into a controversy. “I believe that everyone has their own religious beliefs. Our country India is a country where all religions exist. My personal views were not such that there is any compulsion or restriction, it was just a sacred feeling,” said the Indore BJP District President, Indore.

On Monday, BJP leader Chintu Verma said, “Navratri is our festival of Shakti. Both those who worship Mata Rani and those who watch it are devotees. We have expressed the idea that a cow is our mother and we observe Aachman of Gaumutra (sip of cow urine) for purification. So, I shared my view that people should take a sip of gaumutra before entering the Graba pandal which will be a prasad as well as a form of purification.”

When asked whether it should be compulsory for all, he had said, “Of course, it is a religious event and our religious belief.”