April 11: In a significant development a Congress MLA in
Gujarat has urged that the cow ought to be acknowledged as a national animal
and a law should be ordained to prohibit cow slaughter throughout the nation.
"What stops the BJP from bringing a law banning cow
slaughter in states like Andhra Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur, Mizoram, West
Bengal and Goa?" a statement citing Dariyapur MLA Gyasuddin Shaikh revealed
in Ahmedabad.
"As per the Hindu belief, 33 crore gods and goddesses
reside in the body of a cow, and therefore the BJP government should declare it
as a national animal," Shaikh asserted. He also censured the BJP’s tactics
of taking advantage of the cow to divide society.
He observed that while the Congress government led by Chimanbhai
Patel was the first to introduce the law prohibiting the slaughter of cow in
Gujarat, the BJP government revised the act twice but has taken no measures to aid
sustain cows.
"Gujarat BJP government sold off grazing land to
industrialists, forcing cows to roam on the road and eat plastic garbage. BJP
government gives no fund to cow shelter homes. BJP is only trying to polarise
votes in the name of cows," he further stated.
Articulating his disgust over the means in which people are
being slain in the name of cows, Gyasuddin revealed, "Muslims respect
Hindu's religious sentiments and do not indulge in slaughtering cows. But
police declare they have seized beef even without FSL test which hurts Hindu's
religious sentiments. Police should understand the sensitive nature of the
issue."
"The way people are killed by groups in the name of
cows is a serious matter...even when our Constitution gives us right to food
and follow our religion in our own way, but Muslims still do not indulge in cow
slaughter in order not to hurt Hindu's religious sentiments," he as well
stated.
Shaikh disclosed there are numerous Muslims who are engaged in
nurturing cows and have even been acknowneldged for their work by the state
government as well as the Swaminarayan Gurukul .
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