Prasanta Phukan, who represents the Dibrugarh Assembly constituency, virtually equated Muslims with cows that do not yield milk. “It is common knowledge that 90% Muslims did not vote for us in the Lok Sabha election. There is no point in providing fodder to a cow that does not produce milk,” he said earlier this week. Nekibur Zaman, an advocate of the Gauhati High Court, said the BJP should suspend Mr. Phukan for the “shameless and condemnable” observation about Muslims. “His party should censure him for the cow analogy that is unbecoming of an elected representative,” he said.

Source: The Hindu May 02, 2019 20:35 UTC