Sanjay Singh Gangwar Uttar Pradesh’s junior minister for sugarcane development
Pilibhit: In a series of unusual remarks, Sanjay Singh Gangwar, Uttar Pradesh’s junior minister for sugarcane development, has claimed that cancer can be cured by cleaning and lying in cowsheds.
He also suggested that petting and serving cows could reduce the need for blood pressure medication within 10 days.
Speaking at the inauguration of a cow shelter in Pakadia Naugawan, Pilibhit, on Sunday, Gangwar said, “If a person with high blood pressure pets a cow morning and evening, their dosage of medicine could be reduced by half in just 10 days.”
He went further, stating in Hindi that, “If a cancer patient starts to clean a cowshed and lies there, even cancer can be cured. And, if you burn cow dung cakes, you can get rid of mosquitoes. So, everything that a cow produces is useful in some way.”
Addressing press persons the Minister also urged people to celebrate their wedding anniversaries and children’s birthdays in cow shelters and to also donate fodder.