Maharashtra: Touching cow drives away negativity, says Yashomati Thakur

MUMBAI: Days after she faced flak for stating that newly-sworn in ministers in the state government had not yet started making money, state minister and Congress MLA Yashomati Thakur has said that touching a cow "drives away negativity".
On Sunday, the Women and Child Development minister defended her remarks, saying touching any animal, including cows, feels one with compassion."Our culture says if you touch a cow, all negativity will go away," the Teosa MLA told a gathering in Amravati on Saturday. She said : "Cow is a sacred animal. Moreover, be it a cow or any other animal, touching them brings a feeling of love to us. What is wrong in what I said?"
Earlier, campaigning for the Vashim Zilla Parishad polls, she had said "we have just come to power, our pockets are not warm enough yet".
She had also said that voters may accept money from the Opposition but must vote for the Congress.