Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that the cow is revered as a mother in Indian tradition and urged religious leaders to ensure that such sentiments are respected. The remarks have drawn a political response from the Samajwadi Party, whose spokesperson Fakhrul Hasan Chand said all faiths deserve equal respect and called for a uniform law on cow slaughter across the country. He also questioned what he described as differing positions taken by BJP leaders in various states, sparking a fresh political debate.