Pragya Thakur Says Drinking Cow Urine Saves Her from Covid-19

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BJP MP Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur. (Photo: IANS)

Without wearing face mask the BJP MP advised party workers in Bhopal to follow her example

Team Clarion

NEW DELHI – After claiming in the past that cow urine cured her breast cancer, controversial Bharatiya Janata Party leader and member of Parliament from Bhopal, Sadhvi Pragya Singh Thakur has now claimed that drinking cow urine has kept her safe from contracting Covid-19.

“I consumed cow urine daily and it is a kind of acid which purifies my body. It also purifies the lungs and saves me from Covid-19 infection. I don’t take any medicine against corona but I am safe,” she said while speaking at a party event in Bhopal on Sunday. She made the speech without wearing a face mask.

The video of her speech was widely circulating on Monday.

According to Hindustan Times, she repeated her claim on Monday. “I said what I practise. It is my belief and I didn’t force anybody to follow this,” Thakur said.

During her Sunday speech she even explained how to consume cow urine. She said, “The urine should belong to a cow of indigenous breed…one who only grasses from a forest. It should then be filtered at least 16 times using a cotton cloth before consumption.” She also advises her party workers to consume cow urine.

Hindi daily Lokmat quoted her as telling people to plant banyan and tulsi trees to battle the oxygen crisis in the country, claiming if these were planted widely in India, there would never be an oxygen shortage in the country.

Many Covid patients need the assistance of liquid oxygen to help them breathe as saturation level drops in their body. Atmospheric oxygen isn’t the medical solution for them.

In December 2020, Thakur was admitted to AIIMS Delhi when she exhibited Covid-related symptoms like shortness of breath and chest pain. She, however, tested negative. Thakur also has a number of comorbidities such as asthma, hypertension and diabetes.

To use cow urine or cow dung for cure or prevention of Covid is not proved scientifically. The Indian Medical Association has already rejected any such claim. Recent reports have also suggested that the use of cow dung may be linked to the outbreak for the deadly black fungus in certain patients.

The BJP leader has been suffering from breast cancer. On an earlier occasion, she claimed that she cured her cancer by drinking cow urine. However, she reportedly underwent bilateral mastectomy to prevent her cancer from recurring.

Thakur is not the first BJP leader to espouse unfounded claims about the mythical benefits of cow urine or dung to cure or prevent Covid.

Earlier this month, Surendra Singh, BJP MLA from Uttar Pradesh, had recommended drinking cow urine every day along with a glass of cold water to prevent Covid. At an event in West Bengal’s Durgapur in 2020, state BJP chief Dilip Ghosh had also urged people to drink cow urine to boost immunity against Covid.

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