BJP needs to embrace Savarkar’s views on Cow Slaughter
Anti-cow slaughter bill all set to benefit corporate, business houses
“In today’s scientific world, it is foolish to consider cow as a Goddess. It is appropriate to provide a financial and scientific basis for cow protection instead of a religious basis. The ‘gau bhaktha’ who portrays that cows and buffalos are Gods should be stopped and tied to yolk and made to work in the service of the nation.” These were the words of Vinayak Damodar Savarkar, Sangh Parivar’s father figure. He wrote in ‘Maharashtra Sharadha’ (April 1935), about cows in a way that is a slap in the face of fake cow protectors. In the same article, he has made many more points about cows which are as follows:
“In today’s scenario, the Veda for our nation must be experiment-based modern science. If Gaupooja is not appropriate for this, it should be dropped. If we adhere to such foolishness that mythologies perpetuate as Dharma, the country is going to be ruined. The damages due to Gaupooja that far outweigh the benefits is dangerous. It is alright even if cows are slaughtered but the country’s intellect should not be slaughtered.” Savarkar did not stop there. “Considering that cows and ox are animals appropriate for an agriculture-based country, we can use these animals to meet our requirements. Instead, if we surmise that they are Goddesses and that our mythologies have asked to worship them, it will destroy our country for sure. For meager benefits, we will lose more,” Savarkar cautioned.
Sangh Parivar’s tallest leader Savarkar was aware that politics in the name of a cow would cause tremendous loss to the country. Today, BJP, as Savarkar said, is causing heavy losses to farmers for meager electoral gains. Even if it does not consider the voices of leading thinkers or farmers, BJP should at least read its own leader V.D.Savarkar’s article and as a mark of respect to him, revoke this confusing law. It should understand that it should not damage the country for the sake of the party.
The state’s farmers and people should understand one aspect. The law that the state is promulgating is not against beef consumption or against cow slaughter. This law is being introduced actually to rob farmers of the rights to sell their cattle. According to Law Minister J.C. Madhuswamy, “There are no restrictions on the sale and consumption of beef.” Also, this law does not make any changes to the supply of beef because large corporations will take over the beef supply contract in the coming days. Already, India is the second-largest exporter of beef. The country will continue to remain a leading beef exporter in the future because several leaders of political parties including BJP are in the beef export business. And no industrialist would be willing to close down an industry that fetches crores of rupees.
According to the law that the government has promulgated, cows for sale and slaughter should be more than 13 years old. Besides, beef for export should be of high quality. Otherwise, the countries that import beef would reject them. Therefore, a question arises about who would then supply healthy cows for export. In this question lies the answer about what exactly is happening in the name of cow slaughter ban.
This bill has been promulgated to make sure that farmers don’t sell their cattle openly and apparently not to stop the consumption of beef. So, who will actually stand to lose because of the bill? In our country, Brahmins who worship cows don’t rear cows. And we don’t have the practice of rearing cows only for the purpose of worship. Merchants who sell cows also don’t rear cows. Those who rear cows are farmers of rural areas who depend on dairy farming and for them, cow dung, urine, skin, bones, and all parts of the animal are a part of their business. Farmers also sell sterile cows past their fertile period and reinvest the money into their business.
The government’s bill makes sure that farmers lose all their rights to sell these cows which are of no use for farmers. Unable to rear them in cowsheds, the farmers leave them in the forests or kill them by poisoning. And farmers don’t even have the opportunity to sell the cows as per government regulations as they then have to endure harassment by fake cow protectors. And if by chance the police file a case, farmers have to run around the courts throughout their lives. Finally, a situation might arise where farmers get frustrated and stop dairy farming. Perhaps, this is the government’s intention so that it can smoothly facilitate the corporate takeover of dairy farming.
The law will please only the workers of the Sangh Parivar, rowdies, and goondas who pretend as cow protectionists. The law will enable these ‘cow protectionists’ to harass farmers, take hold of the cows, and sell them directly to slaughterhouses. Cow sheds are already a cesspool of financial irregularities. There are allegations about how cows that were purportedly being transported to cow shelters are being rerouted to mega beef processing units.
In the coming days, an increasing number of cow shelters will be opened. The business of generating crores of rupees by taking over cows at throwaway prices while at the same time obtaining financial assistance from the government is all set to grow. This bill that is being promulgated to encourage rowdies and corporate honchos will take the farmers of rural areas on the path of destruction. As Savarkar said, “In upholding cow protection as our dharma, we should not lose our intellect and discretion.” This message of Savarkar should be immediately communicated to BJP leaders.
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Tortured and forced into 'cyber slavery', 60 Indians rescued from Myanmar; five agents held
Mumbai (PTI): The cyber wing of Maharashtra Police has rescued more than 60 Indian nationals who were tortured and forced into cyber slavery in Myanmar, and arrested five agents, including a foreign national, a senior official said here on Friday.
The victims in the case were promised high-paying jobs abroad, but were threatened and physically tortured to commit cyber frauds there, he said.
This is perhaps the biggest action taken by the Maharashtra Cyber in a cyber slavery case with the help of the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) and Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), he said.
Cyber slavery is an emerging form of exploitation that begins with online deception and evolves into physical human trafficking.
Maharashtra Cyber has registered three First Information Reports (FIRs) in this connection, he said.
The racketeers contacted the victims through social media platforms and lured them with high-paying jobs in Thailand and other East Asian countries, he said.
The agents arranged passports and flight tickets for the victims and sent them to Thailand on tourist visas. After landing in the country, they were sent to the Myanmar border, where they were made to cross a river in small boats.
On entering Myanmar, the victims were taken to guarded compounds controlled by armed rebel groups, where they were forced to commit cyber frauds ranging from 'digital arrest' scams to fake investment schemes on an industrial scale.
Maharashtra Cyber, along with other agencies, rescued the victims, the official said, without giving details as to whether the operation was carried out inside Myanmar.
Additional Director General of Police (Maharashtra Cyber) Yashasvi Yadav said, "The accused include facilitators who helped the victims to take them to Myanmar."
"During the investigation of the case, four accused were arrested by the Goa Police, while we arrested the main accused from Mumbai, who was an Indian conduit," he said, adding that of the 60 victims, some could be named as accused if they were found to have played a role in it.
In order to force the victims into cyber frauds, the accused persons used to torture them. In some cases, they would even pull out the nails of the victims. The passports of the victims were seized, and they were subjected to torture and threats, he said.
After their rescue, the victims threw light on the network of agents and fraudulent call centre companies which lured job aspirants from India. Some of these companies operated under the garb of employment agencies, he said.
Manish Grey alias Maddy, Taisan alias Aaditya Ravi Chandran, Rupnarayan Ramdhar Gupta, Jensi Rani D and Chinese-Kazakhstani national Talaniti Nulaxi were arrested for allegedly acting as recruitment agents.
Manish Grey alias Maddy is a professional actor who has appeared in web series and television shows, the official said.
Along with others, Grey allegedly recruited unsuspecting individuals and facilitated their trafficking to Myanmar, he added.
Talaniti Nulaxi was allegedly planning to set up a unit in India to commit cybercrimes, he said, adding that further probe was on.
Sharing his experience, one of the victims, Satish, said that he was offered a job as a restaurant manager in Thailand.
"After reaching Thailand, the agent took us to the Myanmar border, and we were not aware that he had sold us for 5,000 dollars per person," he said.
"They seized our passports on day one. They used to beat us and force us into committing cyber frauds, including extortion, digital arrests and cheating," he said.
"In case anybody refused to work, the accused persons would terrorise us with a gunman, who was deputed at the workplace, and torture us," he said, adding some of them were even threatened with organ removal.
The area where these people were taken, known as Miawadi, is in the control of rebels, and people there carry with them AK-47 rifles and automatic weapons, he said.
Another victim, Monukumar Sharma, a resident of Naigaon in Palghar district told PTI that the racketeers used to torture the workers by using different means.
"In case a worker refused to work or reacted sharply, he would be beaten up," he said.
"We were fixed a salary of 25,000 Thai Bahts, but they found some reason or the other to deduct our salary. If someone was found sitting with crossed legs, the accused person would cut half the salary of that person," Sharma said.
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