Lucknow, March 11 -- Shankaracharya of Jyotirmath, Swami Avimukteshwarananda Saraswati, formally launched the Cow-Pratishtha Dharma Yudh campaign on Sheetla Ashtami from Ramabai Sthal in Lucknow on Wednesday.
On this occasion, Avimukteshwarananda said that he had not come to Lucknow to support or oppose any political party, but to launch a movement to protect mother cow.
Avimukteshwarananda Saraswati said that when foreigners and the British came to rule India, they included the cow in the list of animals.
"Even after independence, many governments came to power, but none fully fulfilled their promise to end cow slaughter. We too voted for this saffron government in the hope of protecting mother cow," he said.
Without naming Chief Minis...