Rahul's cow urine comments echo language of radicalised Islamists: BJP

New Delhi: Rahul Gandhi echoed the language of "radicalised Islamists" who hurl 'cow mutra' jibes at Hindus as a way to demean their faith, the BJP said on Wednesday while hitting out at the Congress leader for his comments at a recent event. Criticising Gandhi in a post on X, BJP IT department head Amit Malviya also shared a video of the leader of the opposition in the Lok Sabha saying political discourse in the country should focus on issues related to data rather than debates on "what we should eat and drink" or "whether cow urine is good for you".

Malviya said in his post, "The most radicalised Islamists often hurl 'gau mutra' (cow urine) jibes at Hindus as a way to mock and demean their faith. One would not expect the Leader of the Opposition to echo the same language. Yet Rahul Gandhi seems determined to leave no doubt about where he stands." "What is truly tragic is that such rhetoric is dressed up as 'plain speaking' and, worse, passed off as ideological intellectualism," he added.

In the video, Gandhi is responding to a query on the role of data and innovation.

"That's one of the central questions that the politics of India should be discussing. That this is our biggest resource. How are we going to utilize it? What is its nature? Who has access to it? At what cost do they have access to it?" Gandhi is heard saying.

"These are the questions the political system should be discussing, not whether we should eat or drink something and whether cow urine is good for you," he adds.