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Invoking the Vedas to justify "punishments" to those who harm cows, Chhattisgarh Sanskrit Vidyamandalam (Sanskrit board) chairman Swami Parmatmanand has reportedly said the cow vigilantes who lynched a “gau hathyara” (cow killer) in Rajasthan should be felicitated.
The chairman of the state government-run Sanskrit board made the remark while addressing a 'Hindu Sammelan' at Pokhsari village in Surguja district on Sunday, a video of which has gone viral on social media.
In the video, Parmatmanand is seen purportedly questioning Prime Minister Narendra Modi's statement where he condemned killing in the name of ‘gau bhakti’.
Referring to the lynching of Pehlu Khan, in Rajasthan in April this year allegedly by vigilantes on suspicion of smuggling cows, he said, the cow vigilantes should be felicitated.
Parmatmanand took charge as the chairman of the state-run Sanskrit board around two months back.
He also said that all English-medium schools should be banned.
(With inputs from PTI)
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