Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, February 16 Members of the Bharatiya Janata Party performed a "purification" ritual using cow urine at a temple in Sillod in Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar, Maharashtra, after Muslim Shiv Sena MLA and former state minister Abdul Sattar entered it for prayers.
A video of Sattar's visit to the Shiva temple in Rahimabad, his assembly constituency, on the occasion of Mahashivaratri on Sunday went viral on social media, triggering protests from the BJP and other groups.
Later, videos of BJP workers spraying "gomutra" at the temple to "purify" it were also widely circulated on social media.
"Sattar eats beef and has violated the sanctity of the temple (with his visit), that is why we sprayed gomutra to purify it. He deceives both Muslims and Hindus. He recently went for Haj and now he is visiting a temple," Sillod unit BJP chief Manoj Morellu told reporters on Monday.