Foreign bulls are characterless, says Haryana minister

Chandigarh: Haryana’s animal husbandry minister Om Prakash Dhankar has put his foot in his mouth when he made a ludicrous statement in the state assembly calling the foreign bulls “characterless” and claiming they are prone to “indiscriminate wantonness.” In a debate on stray animals, the minister said: “Foreign bulls are more aggressive, they violate more animals (buffaloes as well) because they don't have the character similar to local bulls.” Dhankar added, “Jaisa wahan ke kai mulko mein character hai, waisa he inka character hai (The bulls have the same character of the countries they come from).” The BJP leader said the bulls must be castrated before being taken to cow shelters to prevent them from being “a sexual menace to thousands of female bovine inmates.”