But does this (cow protection) give us any right to kill a person? the PM asked, adding that killing people in the name of cow protection was not acceptable. Modi drew a distinction between cow vigilantes and "gau bhakts" like Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave who, he said, had asked him to devote his life to "gai maiya". "Nobody would have cared more for cow protection than Mahatma Gandhi and Vinoba Bhave. I had the opportunity to meet him once at Wardha where he told me to die for "gai maiya".

Source: Times of India June 29, 2017 23:53 UTC