Save desi cows, slaughter American breed to prevent road accidents: AAP MLA to Punjab CM
Chandigarh, Sep 18: An AAP legislator on Tuesday advocated the slaughtering of stray cattle of American Holstein Friesians (HF) breed, holding them responsible for fatal road accidents in Punjab.
Aman Arora, the legislator from Sunam, raised the issue with Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh in a letter written to him on the issue of growing menace of stray cattle in the state.
In a statement here, Arora said there were numerous videos wherein hundreds of stray bulls of American HF breed have mercilessly killed people on the roads.
"It is time to wake up, shun politics of blind faith. There is urgent need to draw a clear distinction between American HF breed and holy desi cow," he said, adding that DNA tests can be done for the purpose.
He further urged the chief minister to bring in a legislation to differentiate between the two breeds and allow slaughtering of cattle belonging to the American breed.
He said otherwise, he will bring a private member bill in the coming Assembly session.
Arora also urged people to prevail upon their respective legislators, religious leaders and preachers to change their approach towards the issue in a realistic manner and not link with religious sentiments as there was no connection at all between the two breeds.
The AAP leader further slammed the Punjab government accusing it of betraying the people by not fulfilling its pre-poll promise of resolving the stray cattle issue.
"The state government has left people of the state at the mercy of stray cattle despite people being taxed for hundreds of crore on several items in the name of cow cess," said Arora.
On Monday, the Punjab government had formed a five-member cabinet sub-committee to check the growing menace of stray cattle in the state.
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Congress using hijab issue to pacify minority anger, alleges Karnataka LoP R Ashoka
Bengaluru: Leader of Opposition in the Assembly R. Ashoka has accused the Congress government of using the hijab issue to placate what he described as discontent among minority voters after the Davanagere by-election.
In a post on X on Wednesday, Ashoka alleged that the state government, instead of addressing issues such as price rise, corruption, farmers’ distress and law and order, was attempting to retain its minority vote base by reviving the hijab issue.
Referring to the 2022 dress code introduced by the BJP government, which prohibited hijab in schools and colleges, Ashoka said the Karnataka High Court had upheld the policy and emphasised the importance of discipline in educational institutions.
He questioned the Congress government’s move to revisit the issue and asked whether setting aside the court-backed policy to benefit one community could be described as secularism.
Ashoka further alleged that while the government was willing to permit hijab, it continued to prohibit saffron shawls.
He accused the government of dividing students on religious lines rather than treating schools and colleges as spaces of equality.
Drawing a comparison with Mamata Banerjee’s government in West Bengal, Ashoka claimed that excessive appeasement politics had harmed the state and warned that the Congress in Karnataka could face a similar political response.
He said voters in Karnataka would teach the Congress a lesson for what he termed “vote-bank politics” and for compromising constitutional and judicial principles.
