Cow slaughter ban has to be decided by states, not centre, says BJP
The issue of banning cow slaughter has to be decided by the respective states and the Centre’s recent notification on sale of cattle has nothing to do with it, the BJP said today amid a major controversy.
BJP leader Nalin Kohli, who is in-charge of the party’s affairs in Meghalaya, said the state governments can decide on cow slaughter ban keeping in view the local food habits even as he admitted that in this state, a majority of the BJP leaders eat beef. The comment assumes significance as the BJP’s Meghalaya unit has views divergent to its central leadership since its local leaders eat beef.
“The BJP is saying this clearly that the question of having a law in a state on cow slaughter is to be decided by the state and not the Centre,” Kohli told reporters here when asked about his party’s position on the North Eastern states where majority of people consume beef. “Every state government that decides to have a law or not have a law on cow slaughter, do so keeping in mind the local food habits of that particular state and in the North East every state government will keep this in account,” he said.
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