April 27 : Cow's blood in tea powder: Rajeev Dikshith
 

Ramachandrapur Math, April. 27- Swadeshi Bachao Andolan convener Rajeev Dikshit has urged the Chief Minister H D Kumarswamy to enact law to prevent cow slaughter in the State with immediate effect.
Speaking at 'Rishiraja' sammelana on the 7th day here on Friday he said, country had incurred a loss of Rs 90 lakh crore due to cow slaughter between 1857-2007 which is equivalent to 12th five year plan. A cow could yield an amount of Rs 40 lakh in it's life span. No one could compare with cow for the same. But, 3.50 crore cows have been slaughtering every year which incurring heavy loss to our economy, he lamented.
Cow milk would cost Rs 15-20 per litre while urine sale could earn Rs 500 per litre, he said. Adding, he criticised the government for providing grants to slaughter houses upto Rs 1lakh.

Tea companies were using cow's blood to mix it with tea powder for obtaining attractive colour. We are drinking tea preparing from these tea powders. Global companies were using cow's bone in the preparation of tooth pastes, he accused.
British rulers used cow as traumphcard for their divide and rule policy which still continues in India for political gains, he added.
He also urged the union government to declare cow as national animal. Dr. Jayakrishna, Dr. Nandini Bhojaraj also spoke on the occasion.

Cow based economy increases GDP growth
Swadeshi Jagaran Andolana convener Rajeeva Dikshit has called upon the public to adopt cow based economy as he claimed which could increase the growth of gross domestic product upto Rs. 7 lakh .
Addressing the 7th day panel discussion on the subject cow and economy here on Friday he said, country could get a profit of Rs. 40 lakh by adopting cow based agriculture. He also urged the union government to declare cow as the national animal and state governments to enact law to protect the cows from slaughtering.
He also stressed the importance of medicinal values of cow’s urine and dung.