Amid a row over celebrating February 14 as Cow Hug day, the order of which was withdrawn on Friday, filmmaker Vivek Agnihotri posted a video of his go to to Houston Gaushala and took a jibe at “Indian wokes” who have been exclaiming on the earlier order issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India. “In USA Wokes, Liberals & wealthy individuals pay to the touch and hug cows. It’s a pity, Indian Wokes can’t even copy their very own idols,” the Kashmir Recordsdata director tweeted.
On February 6, the Animal Welfare Board of India issued a directive urging individuals to hug cows and have a good time February 14 as Cow Hug day. “In view of the immense advantage of the cow, hugging with cow will carry emotional richness therefore will improve our particular person and collective happiness. Due to this fact, all of the cow lovers can also have a good time the February 14 as Cow Hug day holding in thoughts the significance of mom cow and make life blissful and stuffed with optimistic vitality,” the directive mentioned.
On Friday, the Board withdrew the attraction after dealing with questions over the Cow Hug day. “As directed by the Competent Authority and Ministry of Fisheries, Animal Husbandry and Dairying the attraction issued by the Animal Welfare Board of India for celebration of Cow Hug Day on 14th February, 2023 stands withdrawn,” it mentioned.
The proposal of Cow Hug Day turned a supply of social media memes and banter. An outdated video of BJP MP GVL Narasimha Rao getting kicked by a cow went viral within the wake of the directive.