Party's district unit secretary B. Madhava said that the Bharatiya Janata Party government in the State was pushing for the Bill with the aim of persecuting Christians and Muslims. “There is no doubt that this is a sinister plot of the Sangh Parivar to target the minorities,” he said.
Mr. Madhava pointed out that beef was a major source of protein for Dalits and the Backward Classes, who formed a sizeable chunk of Hindu society. “It is the only meat that is affordable for the economically marginalised classes,” he said.
Warning
Warning the BJP that it would be an imprudent move to pursue, he said, “In the name of persecuting the minorities, you will be pushing poor people into malnutrition.” “Farmers use cattle for tilling their land and for milk. Once these animals age or go dry, they are sold. This is an important chain,” he said and added that once the ban was imposed on the slaughter of cattle, farmers would have to continue keeping cattle that had lost their utility. “This will push them into deeper distress,” he said.
Speaking on the occasion CPIM activists said the anti cow slaughter act proposed by the state government was nothing short of draconian law. The Muslims, tribals and other backward castes consumed meat of the cows and cattle and if there was an anti cow slaughter act that will deprive them of their food and many Muslims who were trading in cow's meat will be deprived of their livelihood. They urged the government to allow those who want to consume cow's meat to continue slaughtering cows and cattle and those who want to oppose should stop opposing it.
They said there was no need for the government to promulgate such a draconian law as most of the people living in India consumed cow's meat. It was inexpensive source of food for many communities. In foreign countries cows were being reared for their meat and the milk why should India have such a retrograde law they asked.
(Courtesy : The Mangalorean, The Hindu)
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