[While addressing the AICC Minority Convention in New Delhi, Rashid Alvi accused the BJP of double standard on cow slaughter and beef. (File photo)]
New Delhi: Former member of Lok Sabha and Rajya Sabha and Congress leader Raashid Alvi Thursday alleged that 7000 tonnes of cow meat were recently exported from Uttar Pradesh to Pakistan.
"11000 cows were slaughtered in Uttar Pradesh and 7000 tonnes of cow meat were exported to Pakisan", Alvi said quoting BJP leader and journalist Arun Shourie.
While addressing the AICC Minority Convention in New Delhi, Rashid Alvi accused the BJP of double standard on cow slaughter and beef.
"In North India, the BJP encourages its cadre to kill people for cow slaughter whereas its Chief Minister in Goa promises to bring meat from Karnatana to tackle shortages", he alleged.
"The BJP has one policy in New Delhi and another in Goa. It's a blatant dounble standard", he said reciting an Urdu couplet, Yeh janab e shaikh ka falsafa, hai ajeeb sare jahan se.. Jo yeha piyo to haram hai, jo wahan piyo to halal hai.
Raashid Alvi also slammed the National Investigation Agency (NIA) for arresting and framing Muslims of Amroha - his home constituency.
"For the NIA, tractor hydrolic jack is missile launcher and welding waste is raw used for making bombs. Strange. It seems you have arrested these Muslims just to please RSS", he said.
While addressing the convention, Arif Naseem Khan, former minister in Maharashtra government, questioned the National Security Act (NSA) invoked againt 03 Muslims accused of cow salugher in the Congress ruled Madhya Pradesh.
"Respect for cows is necessary as they are revered by our Hindu brothers and sisters. But, if NSA is necessary to check cow slaughter, it should also be invoked against the cow vigilantes", he said.
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