A video has gone viral in which BJP MP Maneka Gandhi can be heard saying that the International Society for Krishna Consciousness or ISKCON is the biggest cheat in the country.
"ISKCON is the biggest cheat in the country. It maintains gaushalas and get benefits from the government, including vast lands," she is heard saying.
She said ISKCON sells all its cows to the butchers and they go on and sing 'Hare Ram Hare Krishna' on the roads.
"ISKCON is selling all its cows to the butchers. No one else does this as much they do. And they go on and sing 'Hare Ram Hare Krishna' on the roads. Then they say their entire life is dependent on milk. Probably, no one has sold as many cattle to the butchers as they did," she alleged.
Terming the allegations unsubstantiated and false, ISKCON said that the cows and bulls are served for their life not sold to butchers.
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"Smt. Gandhi is a well-known animal rights activist and well-wisher of ISKCON hence we are surprised by these statements," said ISKCON in a statement.