Madhya Pradesh: 8 cows dead, 450 moved from shed to make way for PM Modi’s video conference

450 cows were allegedly moved out of a gaushala in Pipliya Kulmi village in Rajgarh district to make way for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s live speech on 15 September for ‘Swachhata hi Sewa’ campaign. A large television was to be installed at the place.

As per Newsclick, the actions of the district administration have led to the death of eight cows due to starvation, while several others have fallen ill.

The district administration  has been allegedly trying to keep the matter quiet. The cows who were sick and were not in a condition to be moved also were moved out of Naveen Gayatri Gaushala to build a stage in order to televise the speech.

Moreover, the entire drill proved to be futile because the telecast only lasted two-three minutes because of poor internet connectivity. The report also claimed that only five or six of the healthiest cows were allowed to remain in the shed for display.

The prime minister unveiled the specifics of the Gobardhan Yojana to the 17 handpicked districts, selected for their remarkable work in developing bio electricity or bio fuel. Rajgarh’s Naveen Gayatri Gaushala was the only cow shed from Madhya Pradesh which was selected as it produces high volumes of cow dung which is then used to create biogas.

The cows were moved out a week before the event, and allegedly did not get proper food and water after they were moved out. Shyam Tejri, a resident and social worker was quoted in a report by The Wire saying, “Since a week, the cows have been locked within the farmers’ mandi where they were neither given proper food nor water which led to the death of eight cows and many more fell ill. The cow shed owner and the district administration were busy in the arrangements for conducting the event and forgot the cows.”

Congress chief Kamal Nath took to Twitter to express his displeasure over the incident and said, “Cows were killed just to hold PM video conferencing, this is BJP’s cow’s love?”

मोदी जी के स्वच्छता अभियान के तहत राजगढ़ जिले के पिपलिया कुलमी गाँव में गौशाला में ही वीडियो कॉन्फ्रेंसिंग के लिये मंच लगाया गया और वहाँ की करीब 450 गायों को कृषि मंडी प्रांगण में शिफ्ट किया गया,जिनमे से 8 गाय की भूख से तड़पकर मौत हो गयी
यह है भाजपा का गौ प्रेम ?

— Office Of Kamal Nath (@OfficeOfKNath) September 16, 2018

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