Peacocks do have sex; cow should be national mother, says Hindu leader
statements of retired Rajasthan high court judge Mahesh Chandra Sharma on peacock, Hindu religious leader Acharya Dharmendra on Thursday said that peacocks perform sexual intercourse instead of swallowing tears for breeding as suggested by the judge.
The Acharya, who is the religious head of the Khand Peeth (Virat Nagar) in Jaipur, also said that cow should be declared national mother instead of a national animal. “Cow is revered as a mother in the country, so it should be given the status of national mother. The cow killers should be given capital punishment instead of life imprisonment,” he added.
About peacock breeding, the Acharya said they breed through sexual intercourse and peahen getting pregnant through swallowing tears of peacock does not holds any ground.
Expressing anguish over Kerala cow killing and beef eating incidents recently, he said, “Beef eaters are enemies of mankind and cow killing is being justified for vote bank politics”. Acharya also criticised the BJP-led Centre and Rajasthan government for not fulfilling the aspirations of Hindus. The cow inhales oxygen and exhales more carbon dioxide. Charak Samhita (Aurveda reference medicine book) refers to such utility. But there have been limited experiments in agriculture regarding utility of cow urine as growth promoter.
The presence of horns in tropical climate aids in accommodating solar heat stress. This is applicable to both cattle and buffaloes. There’s a question on whether they are supported by appropriate clinical trial and the results confirmed. The general figures calculated seem be based on stall fed animals. The availability of dung from grazing animals (or those maintained under extensive feeding system) will be much less consequently yielding less gas. Generally, herbivorous animals have longer digestive tract. Although cow’s milk contains carotene (precursor of vitamin A) and that of buffalo vitamin A, physiologically, it does not make difference.
A proposed beef party by several Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Meghalaya to mark the third anniversary of the Narendra Modi government at the Centre has sparked a controversy with one office bearer quitting the saffron outfit and another likely to be asked to resign.
“I quit the party as the BJP is trying to impose their ideology on us. What’s wrong if we planned to celebrate the third anniversary in our own traditional way?” Bernard N Marak, former West Garo Hills district president of the BJP, questioned.
The leader hit the headlines a few days back after he stated that the saffron party would bring down prices of beef in Meghalaya if it comes to power after next year’s assembly polls.
Bernard told HT that the party was to be held in the second week of June “in a bid to clear doubts of the local people that BJP was trying to impose a ban on consumption of beef”.
“The party was growing rapidly in Garo Hills. But now many people are worried and there could be more resignations,” Bernard, who plans to contest as an Independent candidate from Tura (South) in 2018, said.
The party’s North Garo Hills district president Bachu C Marak also posted about holding a beef party with ‘bitchi’—the local term for rice beer—on Facebook on Wednesday.
BJP’s Meghalaya in-charge Nalin Kohli, who was in Shillong, told HT that the state unit will take steps to remove Bachu or will welcome his resignation.
“The BJP as a disciplined party will not tolerate any members who, for their personal political gains, digress from Modiji’s agenda of ‘Sabka Saath, Sabka Vikas’ (With Everyone, For Everyone’s Development),” Kohli said.
There are 26 assembly seats in Garo Hills and some party leaders feel the Centre’s decision to ban the sale of cattle for slaughter could affect the party’s prospects in the upcoming assembly polls.
THE LEADER HIT THE HEADLINES A FEW DAYS AGO AFTER HE SAID THE BJP WILL BRING DOWN PRICES OF BEEF IN MEGHALAYA IF IT COMES TO POWER AFTER NEXT YEAR’S STATE POLLS.