Priyanka Gandhi vs Anurag Thakur Over "Cow Urine Expert" Jab At IIT Professor
Prof Kamakoti is well known for his advocacy for the alleged medicinal benefits of cow urine.
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Prof Kamakoti is well known for his advocacy for the alleged medicinal benefits of cow urine.
Responding to her remarks, BJP MP Anurag Thakur accused Gandhi of making an innocent face while covering up the wrongdoings of her own government's past.
Priyanka Gandhi vs Anurag Thakur over 'gau mutra' remark against IIT director
IIT-Madras director V Kamakoti was recently conferred the Padma Shri award for his work in computer architecture research and national security.
Priyanka Gandhi made the remarks during her speech in the Lok Sabha
Priyanka Gandhi's remark for the IIT-M director came as Kamakoti has claimed in the past that cow urine “has anti-bacterial and anti-fungal properties”.
Such political mockery bypasses substantive debate in favour of dismissive political caricatures, threatening the foundational principles of scientific temper enshrined in the Indian Constitution, says open letter
Over two hundred academicians have written an open letter criticizing Priyanka Gandhi Vadra's remark. They stated that dismissing scholars with labels undermines the nation's scientific temper. The academicians defended the IIT Madras director's advocacy of cow urine's potential benefits. They emphasized that scientific temper involves objective examination of claims before acceptance. Mockery is not a substitute for reasoned engagement in public debate, they added.
14,000 academicians seek action over Priyanka's gau mutra remark on IIT-Madras chief