[Evidently, Yogi Adityanath is now the Leader, and the Leader is leading all the way! The march ahead towards a "Hindu Rashtra"!
Never mind that in certain Hindu traditions animal sacrifice is an essential component of prime religious rituals. (See: 'In my religion, meat is Ma Kali’s prasad' at <https://scroll.in/article/755412/in-my-religion-meat-is-ma-kalis-prasad-a-shakto-hindu-objects-to-enforced-vegetarianism>.] I/II. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/ranchi/no-meat-in-ranchi-as-all-shops-lose-licence/articleshow/57953497.cms No meat in Ranchi as all shops lose licence Dhritiman Ray | TNN | Updated: Apr 1, 2017, 11.06 AM IST HIGHLIGHTS Ranchi civic body refused to renew the licences of all meat shops until new regulations are drafted The city has about 100 "legal" mutton and chicken shops, but all their licences expired on Friday The Jharkhand government decided to ban all illegal slaughter houses in the state last Monday Closed butcher shops in the city. (PTI photo) RANCHI: ***There will be no meat available in Jharkhand capital from Saturday with the Ranchi Municipal Corporation (RMC) refusing to renew the licences of all meat shops until new regulations and licences are drafted for the slaughter and sale of goats, pigs and chicken.*** [Emphasis added.] The city has about 100 "legal" mutton and chicken shops, but all their licences expired on Friday. RMC chief executive officer Prashant Kumar told TOI that the process of renewal of licences had been put on hold after they expired on Friday. "We are framing new regulations, following which all meat shops and slaughterhouses will have to apply for new licences," Kumar said. He didn't specify the details of regulations and the time frame within which these would be ready. The Jharkhand government decided to ban all illegal slaughter houses in the state last Monday. The RMC had earlier said it would have two different licenses - one for the slaughtering and the other for the sale of meat. Ranchi deputy commissioner Manoj Kumar said the crackdown would be intensified after Ram Navami. II. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/india/five-bjp-led-states-turn-heat-on-illegal-abattoirs/articleshow/57951237.cms Five BJP-led states turn heat on illegal abattoirs BV Shivashanakar | TNN | Apr 1, 2017, 01.07 AM IST HIGHLIGHTS “We must take UP as a model where meat shop owners are voluntarily closing down their outlets,” said leader of Karnataka Federation of Goshaalas Bajrang Dal and VHP activists from Vidarbha want the Maharashtra assembly to replicate the Gujarat law enhancing punishment for cow slaughter to life term Dogs roam a slaughter house which has been shut due to strike protesting the closure of slaughterhouses and meat shops operating without licenses in Lucknow. (AP photo) BENGALURU: ***Hardline Hindu organisations in Bengaluru are trying to enforce vegetarianism even as five BJP-ruled states — Jharkhand, Rajasthan, Uttarakhand, Chhattisgarh and Madhya Pradesh — have followed in the footsteps of the Uttar Pradesh government by clamping down on illegal slaughterhouses.*** [Emphasis added.] Various cow protection organisations, including Gau Samrakshana Prakoshta and Karnataka Federation of Gaushaalas, have demanded that 1700 meat shops in the city be closed down as they are "unauthorised". Sundarraj Pai, Karnataka convenor of the Prakoshta, claimed that only 43 meat shops in Bengaluru are licensed by Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP). ***"We must take Uttar Pradesh as a model where meat shop owners are voluntarily closing down their outlets," said Karnataka Federation of Goshaalas leader Raghavendra.*** [Emphasis added.] Gau rakshaks emphasise that the Karnataka HC had directed in a verdict in 1997 that slaughterhouses and meat shops should be shifted outside the city's municipal limits where human habitation is scarce. ***Reacting to the gau rakshaks' plans, Karnataka minister K J Geroge said: "BJP wants to replicate the Yogi brand of saffron politics in Karnataka ahead of elections... But our government will never allow communal politics to thrive."*** [Emphasis added.] Top Comment Anything illegal need to be dealt with severely. Meanwhile, Bajrang Dal and Vishwa Hindu Parishad activists from Vidarbha want the Maharashtra assembly to replicate the Gujarat law enhancing punishment for cow slaughter to life term. "We want similar law in Maharashtra, where illegal slaughtering is rampant," said Rajkumar Sharma, convenor of Nagpur unit of Bajrang Dal. (With inputs from Nagpur) -- Peace Is Doable -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
