I drink cow urine everyday & so I don’t have Covid-19, says BJP MP Pragya Thakur

May 18: Bhopal BJP MP Pragya Singh Thakur again hit the headlines for her controversial statement. A video of MP Pragya Singh Thakur saying that drinking the urine of desi (Indian) cows protects from lung infection and can also be beneficial against coronavirus has gone viral on social media. “I’m in a lot of pain but I drink [cow urine] every day. That’s why I don’t have coronavirus right now,” said Thakur.

Sadhvi Pragya Thakur was speaking at a function of dedicating oxygen concentrators to the people in Bairagarh, a suburb near Bhopal. She said that consumption of desi gai gau mutra (concentration of cow urine of indigenous cows) can cure lung infection. She also said that additional oxygen was not required if saplings of peepal (Ficus religiosa), tulsi (holy basil) and bargad ( banyan) trees were planted.

"गौ मूत्र लेने से फेफड़ों का इंफेक्शन दूर होता है, मैं लेती हूं इसलिए मुझे कोरोना नहीं हुआ" :

भोपाल से BJP सांसद साध्वी प्रज्ञा#CoronaSecondWave #MadhyaPradesh pic.twitter.com/hugkhhiE2R

— News24 (@news24tvchannel) May 17, 2021

Meanwhile, doctors in India are warning against using cow dung in the hopes of warding off COVID-19, claiming that there is no scientific evidence for its efficacy and that it could spread other diseases.