Rajasthan BJP MLA conducts gaumutra ‘purification ceremony’ for Congress turncoats

Bharatiya Janta Party’s (BJP) MLA Balmukund Acharya conducted a “purification ceremony” on Friday, September 28 at the Jaipur Municipal Corporation Heritage (JMCH) aimed to address corruption and welcome former Congress councillors into the BJP.

This ceremony involved the use of gangajal (water from the Ganges River) and gaumutra (cow urine)



which according to Acharya, would purify officials and councillors who had been compelled into acts of corruption.

Acharya, who also serves as the mahant of Hathoj Dham temple said the ceremony was framed as a spiritual cleansing, asserting that it would help convert the defectors into “Sanatanis,” a term used to describe people who Hindu values.