Bajrang Dal leader claims the group saved 86 lakh cows from being slaughtered since '96

Updated: May 28 2023 10:32PM

Prayagraj (UP), May 28 (PTI) A Bajrang Dal leader on Sunday claimed that since 1996 the group's activists have saved around 86 lakh 'gauvansh' (bovine) from getting slaughtered, as he spoke of dangers of 'Love Jihad' and other 'threats' to Hindus. In an interaction with reporters at the Madhav Gyan Kendra in Naini here, Neeraj Doneria said that in 1996 around 25,000 workers of Bajrang Dal took a vow in the Sangam area of Prayagraj that they will protect all cows from getting slaughtered.

Doneria, the national convenor of Bajrang Dal, was speaking at the end of a week-long training programme of the right-wing group held here.

He also said that Bajrang Dal will hold a 'Rashtriya Sahasik Yatra' in Rajouri-Poonch area from August 17 to August 27.

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