Daijiworld Media Network - Bhopal

Bhopal, May 18: As the country battles the second wave of the pandemic, BJP MP Pragya Thakur endorsing cow urine for remaining safe said that she takes cow urine every day and it has protected her from the coronavirus.

"If we have desi gau mutra (urine from an indigenous cow) every day, then it cures lung infection from Covid. I am in deep pain but I take cow urine every day. So now, I don't have have to take any medicine against corona and I don't have corona," Pragya Thakur is heard telling a party gathering.

"Cow urine is a life-saver," the self proclaimed saffron saint said. Two years ago, she had claimed that a mix of cow urine and other cow products had cured her cancer.

In December last year, Pragya Thakur was admitted to Delhi's AIIMS hospital over Covid-19-induced symptoms.

While the frontline healthworkers are fighting the virus, doctors have repeatedly warned against unproven alternative cures offered for Covid. The Indian Medical Association has said there is no scientific evidence that cow dung or urine helps with the treatment or prevention of Covid. Dr JA Jayalal, the head of the medical body told that "There is no concrete scientific evidence that cow dung or urine boosts immunity against COVID-19."

This is not the first time a BJP leader is endorsing cow urine. Earlier this month, a BJP MLA in Uttar Pradesh, Surendra Singh, had claimed that drinking cow urine had protected him from the coronavirus and recommended cow urine with a glass of cold water.

In the early stages of the pandemic last year, BJP Bengal chief Dilip Ghosh had declared, "I have no qualm in accepting I consume cow urine". He was at an event in Kolkata in which people were urged to drink cow urine to guard against Covid-19.