Om, cow give some people shock: Modi

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Om, cow give some people shock: Modi

Thursday, 12 September 2019 | PNS/PTI | Mathura

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday hit out at critics who argue that the mention of words “Om” and “cow” takes India centuries back, saying they are hell-bent on damaging the country.

“When some people hear the words Om and cow, they scream that the country is back to the 16th century. Such people are only destroying the nation,” Modi said at the launch of National Animal Disease Control Programme (NACDP) in Mathura.

The NACDP aims to control foot and mouth disease and bacterial infection in livestock. The Centre will spend Rs 12,652 crore to vaccinate over 600 million animals in the programme stretching up to 2030.

Modi also promoted cleanliness, spoke against single-use plastic and invoked the 9/11 attack on America to indirectly condemn Pakistan for nurturing terrorism.

“There is a country called Rwanda in Africa. I had gone there. In Rwanda, there is a unique programme, where the Government gives cows to villages with the condition that the first female calf born to the cow is taken back and given to those who do not have a cow,” said the PM.

“This way a chain operates. And their endeavour is that in Rwanda every household should have a cow. Milk production and animal rearing form the base of the economy. I have myself seen how a network to earn livelihood through a cow has been established there,” Modi said, adding, “But it is unfortunate that in our country the moment the word ‘Om’ falls on the ears of some people, they get alarmed.” 

“They also get alarmed by the word ‘cow’. They feel as if that the country has gone back to the 16th or the 17th

 century,”

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