“Cow protection and alcohol prohibition must be linked”: Uma Bharti on Cow Conservation Resolution meeting

Former Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister and BJP leader Uma Bharti on Wednesday emphasised the importance of linking cow conservation with alcohol prohibition, suggesting that discouraging alcohol consumption could promote cow milk consumption.

Speaking to reporters after the Cow Conservation Resolution Meeting, Bharti said, “Cow protection and alcohol prohibition must be linked, because if we tell people not to drink alcohol, we’ll be telling them to drink cow milk. We’ll have to increase the number of cows.”

Highlighting the importance of expanding cattle resources, she noted that the current cow population in India stands at roughly one for every seven people. “Today, there’s one cow for every seven people in the country,” she said.

Bharti proposed providing cows to women under the Ladli