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"Ayurvedic Medicines... helpful in effective prevention of COVID19... Govts of India & other countries recommended use of Ayurvedic Herbs... AYUSH medicines are mother of Modern Medicine." - Prashant Tiwari (11/20); @lydiasuzanne__ reports for @barandbench
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"Smoke from burnt cow dung has the power to destroy viruses. I believe cow dung can help fight #COVID19... fight cancer with an alternative therapy using cow urine." - Suman Haripriya, BJP Assam MLA (01/21)
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The farmers' agitation around Delhi might lead to a nationwide bird flu problem since the protesters are eating chicken biriyani to spread the avian flu epidemic - Madan Dilawar, BJP Rajasthan MLA (01/21)
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Madhya Pradesh's General Administration Department mandated that all govt offices replace chemically-made phenyl with "cow urine phenyl" to clean the premises. - BJP's Cow Cabinet Order (01/21)
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India's University Grants Commission asks students to take exam on the miraculous Indian Cow. Material includes:
Indian cows "absorb sun's energy with help of a blood vessel"
Suryaketu Nadi in cow "absorbs energy from sunlight & atmosphere" (02/21)
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Ordinary people won't be affected by fuel price hikes. They use buses" - Narayan Prasad, Bihar BJP Minister (02/21)

He didn't reveal what he believes buses operate on. Besides, ~20 million 4W/2W passenger vehicles are sold in India every year.
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#COVID19 pandemic taught us self-reliance. Narendra Modi invented the vaccine through the indigenous method, which is why people are not afraid of the virus anymore. - Biplab Kumar Deb, BJP Chief Minister - Tripura (02/21)
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Ramdev "released research" on Coronil, touting it as "1st evidence-based #COVID19 medicine". Indian govt cleared it "as per WHO certification". BJP's Gadkari & Harsh Vardhan were present.

Patanjali's research & evidence aren't publicly available (02/21)
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Cow "Science" Exam postponed. Syllabus content like
Beef consumption & earthquakes are linked
Indian cow milk fights illnesses, "Jersey" cow milk causes diabetes/heart disease
Indian cows vigilant agnst strangers
were questioned
@Maamitalks reports (02/21)
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Sri Ram extended India's boundaries by making his brother's son ruler of Pakistan... Ram came back from Lanka in a flying machine. If he walked, he'd have taken months.... we could learn a lot from science of that age - Adityanath, BJP's UP CM (03/21)
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Cow Cuddling cures respiratory diseases, blood pressure, spinal pain, heart problem, TB, anxiety... & there happens to be increase in self-confidence of human beings - Kamdhenu Arogya Sansthan (02/21)
[PS: Language in graphic is an unedited reproduction]
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"Role of Gayatri Mantra (most sacred Hindu prayer) & Pranayama... becomes vital" - Dr Ruchi Dua, Asst Prof, Pulmonary Medicine;
@aiimsrishi and the Govt's Dept of Science & Tech will study if chanting Gayatri Mantra cures #COVID19 (03/21)
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When stray dogs give birth, women provide sheera (sweet dish)... such tradition exists in India, we shouldn't heed such reports: Parshottam Rupala, BJP MoS for Agriculture, reacting to India's 94th rank in @Concern/@Welthungerhilfe's Global Hunger Index
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We were slaves of America, whose empire the sun never set on... they hv 275K deaths. Italy with a 120M population & #1 in healthcare, had >5M deaths. Modi saved us fm #COVID19 - BJP Uttarakhand CM T S Rawat
The British Empire; US deaths: 555K
Italy 104K deaths & 60M population

Advice to people whose blood oxygen saturation level is dropping: "Plant trees."
- India's National Village Idiot Kangana Ranaut (04/21)

"Seat the patient under a Peepal (Fig) Tree. They'll get oxygen from the tree." - Advice to people seeking medical oxygen support for COVID19 patients, allegedly from UP police and administration
(04/21)

If no one’s life was at risk, we cd all enjoy paeans to Hajmola cult, wonders of Hindu science, the "NASA-proven" fact of the sun making the sound of OM, coaxing trees to release more oxygen through Vedic chanting, Jaggi's inner engineering...
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"God gave oxygen for free, filled the universe with it. You hunt for oxygen cylinders & forget that everyone has 2 cylinders (nostrils). I have raised saturation levels from 70-80 to 98-100 through breathing exercises." - Ramdev (05/21)

"COVID19 spread can be controlled using Cow Urine. The secret to my good health, despite working for 18 hours daily, is cow urine... It is a superpower against many diseases, especially heart ailments." - Surendra Singh, BJP UP MLA (05/21)
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"The urine of Indian cows eliminates infections of the lungs. I drink it and that's why I have not been been infected by COVID19." - Pragya Singh Thakur, BJP MP (05/21)

"Allopathy is such a stupid science... lakhs of COVID19 deaths have been due to allopathic medicine." - Ramdev, Brand Ambassador of Quackery Unlimited (05/21)
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"There was a sizeable reduction of COVID patients due to Kadha [an ayurvedic 'remedy']. Homeopathy & Modi's yoga have a big role in saving patients from COVID." - Munjapara Mahendrabhai, BJP Union Cabinet minister (07/21)
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Hindu Culture prevailed all over... Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Iraq, Iran, Kazakhstan, Israel, Russia, Mongolia, China, Myanmar, Indonesia, Malaysia, Java, Sumatra, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Pakistan & Afghanistan
- Vidya Bharti, RSS education wing (1/2)
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Himalaya & its surroundings... is the oldest specimen of land on earth... Arguably, it is here that the human race emerged in the aftermath of the catastrophic flood.
- Vidya Bharti, RSS education wing (2/2)

"Protection of cows must be a fundamental right of Hindus... Scientists believe cow is the only animal that inhales & exhales oxygen... as per Hindu religion, there are 33 Gods & Goddesses which reside in the cow." - Justice S K Yadav, Allahabad HC (09/21)
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"We must go for organic indigenous food, this burger pizza may be suitable to those countries but not to our country... Our forefathers have... lived & given us a lot of good food." - Venkaiah Naidu, Vice President, former BJP spokesman & minister (10/21)
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"Mahabharata's warriors stored missiles in Australia. The name's root is Astra-Aalaya (Missile Storage). Even today, central Australia is desert. Scientists say it's bcos of a nuclear blast several thousand yrs ago."
- Ravi Shankar, aka Sri Sri
Date unknown
h/t @Bazingaa_aaa

Many History books [say] in 1212 AD, Raja Paramardi Dev built Tejo Mahalaya... it was held by Raja Jai Singh but annexed by Shah Jahan & converted into Taj Mahal. - BJP Ayodhya Media in Charge (05/21)

PS: WhatsApp forwards are history books. Totally.
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"India is a democracy because it has a political culture, a culture that can choose from 3,000 crore gods."
- Santishree Dhulipudi Pandit, JNU Vice-Chancellor (05/22)

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"We [presumably the all-powerful Modi govt] have to show that we will use coal without harming the environment."
- Pralhad Joshi, BJP's Union Coal Minister (06/22)
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"India used panchangam (Hindu almanac) for Mars Orbiter. It has all info on planets, gravitational pulls, sun's flares, all calculated 1000s of years ago. Precise launch micro-second was calculated using it."
- R Madhavan, Vedic Rocket Scientist (06/22)
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Karnataka BJP govt's Syllabus policy paper:
Students should question fake news like Pythagoras theorem, apple falling on Newton’s head.

Additions
Economics: Arthashastra, Mahabharata & Ramayana
Biology: Pancha Mahabhuta, Tridosha, Rasas
Geography: Puranas
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Karnataka Class VIII textbook: "There was not even a keyhole in Savarkar's cell. But bulbuls visited & Savarkar sat on their wings to visit the motherland every day."

"What is described is accurate."
- BC Nagesh, BJP Minister for School Education (08/22)
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"I am not a mathematician but can testify that the noise inside #VandeBharat train is a 100x less than inside an airplane... You can't speak to others in a flight but you can inside this train."
- Acoustics Engineer & Frequent Flyer on Noisy Planes #NarendraModi (09/22)

"Currency should have Lakshmiji & Ganeshji on it, gods' blessing are needed to improve economy & by the nation... Even Muslim Indonesia put Ganeshji on their currency."
- Chief Superstitions Officer #ArvindKejriwal, who claims credit for "a new kind of politics" in India. (10/22)