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Sacred
cows and commonwealth games
Monday, March 22, 2010 05:36:13 AM ,
NM Sampathkumar Iyangar |
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Leader of opposition in Delhi Assembly
BJP 's VK Malhotra and Congress Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit have
demonstrated the real colours of the rulers of the ‘modern and
democratic’ country. The leaders, irrespective of the political
affiliation, happen to be worshipping sacred cows to remain sacred!
Malhotra created a ruckus over the plans to serve quality beef that
will be imported to athletes and officials during the ensuing
Commonwealth Games. He strongly objected to a statement by Chief
Secretary Rakesh Mehta to this effect. Dixit obfuscated the issue
raised by her ‘communal’ rival only to prove her own prejudice.
Sheila Dixit said, “The MCD is supposed to give permission to the
caterer and the Organizing Committee will select the caterer.” At
this, Malhotra thundered, “How could the Chief Minister shy away
from enforcement of the legislation passed unanimously by the
Assembly?” He pointed out that legislation was passed in 1994 under
which storage and sale of beef is prohibited in the national
capital.
It is interesting to note that Mehta, Dixit and Malhotra all happen
to be high-bred pundits, committed more to the welfare of the
‘sacred’ animal than to downtrodden human beings! They are blind to
the fact that ridiculous laws on cow slaughter must be scrapped if
India wants to join the league of nations hosting prestigious
events.
Interestingly, the drama in the Delhi Assembly comes close on the
heels of reintroduction of the controversial Karnataka Cow Slaughter
Prevention Bill 2010 by the Karnataka government in the assembly.
The move to add sting to Animal Sacrifice Prevention Bill 1964 makes
transportation and slaughter of cows (cows, calves, he and she
buffalo and bull) a cognizable offence and stipulates stringent
punishment to offenders.
The move had been dropped only a week earlier in the face of
vehement protest from the public – particularly Christians, Muslims,
and Dalits. Some students in Bangalore University cooked beef on the
campus to register their protest against the proposed legislation.
Home minister VS Acharya of the BJP government gave no reasons for
the flip flop. Congress legislators stealthily abetted the BJP
government by letting it pass the resolution by voice vote.
These laws exist in most States to implement bone-brained provisions
in the anti-people constitution. The so called founding fathers of
the statute hailed from self-appointed high-caste pundits of the
medieval society. It reflects their social customs and rabid fads
and decrees that some 5 billion people in the world who eat beef to
be cannibals!
The statute authorizes the State to rob individuals of the
'democratic nation' of their personal liberty in choice of
food/drink. Nine other states have completely banned cow slaughter.
The attitude of these governments motivates hooligans to stop in
National Highways even refrigerated trucks that carry meat for
export. Opening the consignment in the guise of checking by the
authorities whether it is beef or meat would render it unfit for
export. The truckers shell out huge ransoms to ruffians to avoid the
loss.
Moreover, the worthies are being cruel to the poor cow that they
worship. It is worth noting that according to official estimates,
30,000 abattoirs operate illegally in the country against 3600
licensed ones. Actual figure would be much more and they fatten the
purse of unscrupulous authorities supposed to implement the ban. Due
to their existence, transportation of cows for slaughter cannot just
be wished away. If transportation itself is supposed to break the
law, necessitating bribes to minions of the State, no wonder the
transporter cuts corners that inflict cruelty to the cargo.
Apart from the poor animals, victims of the ludicrous law are the
poor farmer who is prevented from disposing off unproductive cattle
and obtaining a fair price. Most of them are condemned as Sudras and
are made to pay to stoke the well-to-do pundits' moral fancy. Of
course, nobody objects the pundits from revering the cow. But, when
they enact laws to ban consumption of beef, meat, pork, fish or
eggs, they will only invite rejection by people and ridicule from
the world.
A detailed look at the constitutional provision shows on cow
slaughter would reveal another area in which a microscopic minority
succeeded in its conspiracy to suppress the masses. The ban on cow
slaughter is an affront particularly to Muslims whose religious
rituals call for slaughter of animals on specific occasions. More
importantly, it is of note that most of the leather processing units
of India are operated by Muslims and the law is a handle to harass
them with charges of violating its provisions. Persistent harassment
has ruined the economic prosperity of the industry.
Tragically, the leadership of the community is too jittery to raise
its voice against the farce. It is time to mount an effective
struggle to dump these laws that infringe on personal liberty.
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