Voters in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh ditch holders of two unique ministerial jobs India's only dedicated "cow minister" has been dumped in state elections, ending a controversial tenure during which hundreds of the sacred animals starved to death or were poisoned in state-run shelters. Otaram Dewasi, the first head of Rajasthan's cow ministry, was turfed out on Tuesday when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) was thumped in the western desert state and two other key regional pol...
Voters in Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh ditch holders of two unique ministerial jobs India's only dedicated "cow minister" has been dumped in state elections, ending a controversial tenure during which hundreds of the sacred animals starved to death or were poisoned in state-run shelters. Otaram Dewasi, the first head of Rajasthan's cow ministry, was turfed out on Tuesday when the Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata party (BJP) was thumped in the western desert state and two other key regional pol...
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