India smashed all records and witnessed nearly 421,262 fresh covid-19 positive cases on Thursday but the Chief Minister (CM) of Uttar Pradesh (UP) Yogi Adityanath is worried about the health and protection of Gau Mata (sacred cow).
CM has issued a directive to set up a help desk for the protection of cows in every district of the state.
Instead of ensuring strict implementation of covid-19 protocols in the state, Yogi Adityanath has issued instructions to all cow shelters to follow SOPs.
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Amid grim hours when nearly 120 coronavirus patients are dying every hour in India, a help desk for cow protection seems a howler.
The information was shared by famous lyricists Javed Akhtar on Twitter that garnered a mixed response from the social media users.
Yogi Adityanath : Help desks for cows in every Uttar Pradesh district | Lucknow News – Times of India https://t.co/23YhNEJYSZ
— Javed Akhtar (@Javedakhtarjadu) May 5, 2021
Many of the users were of the view that setting up help camps for the sacred animal as per Hindu belief would cost no harm to the nation.
Every single living form is important for Mother Nature. And it’s not that any state government is doing nothing about the Pandemic. It’s that we have a humongous population in India which is too tough to administer. Would you please also add that in your tweet? Thanks.
— Na$# (@Just_HumaneAF) May 5, 2021
However, a few criticized the lyricist on religious grounds.
https://t.co/Anfhd61yKW
Ye video bhi dekh lena fir dusro k dharm per bat karna😡— Aqeel khan (@Aqeel5Aqeel) May 5, 2021
On the other hand, a few comments popped up and mocked the decision of UP’s CM.
People dying in hospitals due to oxgen shortage pyres burning on streets ..No testing labs.. But help desks for Cows…Priorities set right… By Dongi 🤨🤨😡😡
— beensr1 (@beensr1) May 5, 2021
The details shared by government included that the shelters will be equipped with all medical equipment such as oximeter and thermal scanners.
In India, the hospitals are overrun and the state is running short of oxygen supply, patients are lying on streets and their loved ones are begging for oxygen cylinders.
As per the official statement, destitute cows are being provided shelters and the government is working tirelessly to increase the number of Gaushalas (protection centers for cows).
The state of Uttar Pradesh ruled by Yogi Adityanath registered its highest tally of covid-19 deaths yesterday.