"Agenda of Sangh Parivar" Kerala LoP Satheesan on Assam beef ban
Dec 05, 2024
Thiruvananthapuram (Kerala) [India], December 5 : Kerala Leader of Opposition VD Satheesan on Thursday said that the beef ban by the Assam government is an "agenda of Sangh Parivar" who are trying to "make a split among people."
Satheesan remark came after Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Wednesday announced that the government has decided to ban serving and consumption of beef in any restaurant, hotel and public places across the state.
"The 'Sangh Parivar' governments across the nation are trying to create problems among the people...The elections in Assam are coming...So, this is an agenda of the 'Sangh Parivar' and they want to make a split among the people," Satheesan said.
Meanwhile, BJP Kerala Vice President Major Ravi said that the Assam government should understand the difference between cow meat and beef. He asserted that the beef ban in Assam give a "wrong message" to people.
"First of all you need to understand what is beef and what is cow, if you suddenly ban beef, this will give a wrong message to so many people...beef is not cow...(Assam) CM should not have said that...if somebody wants to eat, they should...there should be freedom to eat what you want...cow we worship...I haven't seen any place where cows are being slaughtered. Beef is buffaloes and bulls...first of all, understand the difference and then impose ban...we shouldn't give wrong message to people and create communal issues," he said.
Assam CM, while announcing the ban, said that the Assam Cattle Preservation Act, passed in 2021, has been quite successful in ensuring the slaughter of cattle, and "now we have decided to stop the consumption of beef in public places."
"We had passed the law on prohibition of cattle slaughter three years ago, and it was quite successful, so now, in Assam, we have decided that beef will not be served in any restaurant or hotel and also it will not be served in any public function or public place, so from today we have completely decided to stop the consumption of beef in hotels, restaurants and public places," the Assam CM said.
