DMK MP DNV Senthilkumar S lands in controversy after describing Hindi heartland as ‘gaumutra’ states

Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam MP DNV Senthilkumar S landed in controversy on Tuesday after he described the Hindi heartland states as “gaumutra”, or cow urine states, in the Lok Sabha.

The legislator from Tamil Nadu’s Dharmapuri constituency made the remarks in reference to the Bharatiya Janata Party’s victories in the Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh Assembly polls on Sunday. The three states are part of the country’s Hindi heartland.

In Telangana, the Congress won the Assembly election, while the BJP increased its tally from one seat to eight.

Senthilkumar said “The people of this country should think that the power of this BJP is only winning elections mainly in the heartland states of Hindi and what we generally call the gaumutra states. You cannot come to south India...you see all the results of what happens in Tamil Nadu, Andhra, Telangana and Karnataka.”

The DMK MP made the comments while participating in a discussion on the Jammu and Kashmir Reservation (Amendment) Bill and the Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill.

The Jammu and Kashmir Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill, 2023, proposes to increase the number of seats in the Legislative Assembly of the Union Territory from 83 to 90. It also proposes to reserve seven seats for Scheduled Castes and nine seats for Scheduled Tribes,...

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