Uttar Pradesh Minister Sanjay Singh Gangwar, in a bizarre statement, has said that cleaning a cowshed and lying there can cure cancer.
"If a cancer patient starts cleaning a cowshed and lying there, even cancer can be cured. If you burn cow dung cakes, you get relief from mosquitoes. Everything that a cow produces is useful in some way," he said.
He further asked people to stroke the cows on their backs if they want to keep their blood pressure in control.
"If there is a blood pressure patient, there are cows here. The person should stroke a cow on its back every morning and evening and serve it. If the person is taking a 20 mg dose of blood pressure medicine, it will come down to 10 mg within 10 days," Gangwar said.
The minister made the comments while addressing a gathering after inaugurating the Kanha Gaushala built at a cost of Rs 55 lakh in Nougawa Pakadiya.
Muslims Should Come To Cowshed On Eid: Gangwar
The minister asked Muslims to come to the cowshed on Eid and said the vermicelli made on Eid should be made in cow's milk. "Our effort is to connect people with the gaushalas. People have also been requested to celebrate their wedding anniversaries, their children's birthdays with the cows and donate fodder to the gaushala," the minister said.
Gangwar had contested the 2012 assembly election on a BSP ticket but lost. He joined the BJP in 2017 and won from the Pilibhit seat. He again won the election in 2022 and was made a minister.
In 2019, another BJP leader, Sadhvi Pragya Thakur, claimed a mix of cow urine and other cow products cured her breast cancer. However, the claims were denied by the doctor who performed surgeries on her. The doctor said that Thakur underwent at least three surgeries related to a tumour in her breast.