Madhya Pradesh government to set up 'gau cabinet', says Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan

Bhopal: The Madhya Pradesh government has decided to set up a ‘‘gau cabinet’’ for the protection and promotion of cows in the state, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan said on Wednesday. The first meeting of the ‘‘gau (cow) cabinet’’ will be held on 22 November, he said. “It has been decided to constitute a ‘‘gau cabinet’’ for the protection and fostering of godhan (cow and its progeny) in the state,” Chouhan said in a tweet in Hindi. Ministers of the animal husbandry, forest, panchayat and rural development, revenue, home and farmers’ welfare departments will be included in this cabinet, the chief minister said. “The first meeting will be held at noon on 22 November to mark Gopashtami at Gau Sanctuary in Agar Malwa,” Chouhan said.