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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RR beat RCB by six wickets in IPL
Guwahati (PTI): Blistering fifties by Vaibhav Sooryavanshi and Dhruv Jurel powered Rajasthan Royals to a six-wicket win over Royal Challengers Bengaluru in their IPL match here on Friday.
Sent in to bat, RCB rode on a fighting half-century by skipper Rajat Patidar (63) to post 201 for 8.
Virat Kohli (32), Romario Shepherd (22) and Venkatesh Iyer (29) also chipped in with useful contributions.
In reply, Sooryavanshi (78 off 26 balls) and Dhruv Jurel (81 not out off 43 balls) shared a 37-ball 108-run partnership for the second wicket to set the platform. Krunal Pandya (2/30) tried to bring them back with back-to-back wickets.
But Jurel, in the company of Ravindra Jadeja (24), completed the task with another 68-run stand, with two overs to spare.
For RR, Jofra Archer (2/33), Ravi Bishnoi (2/32) and Brijesh Sharma (2/37) took two wickets.
Brief scores:
Royal Challengers Bengaluru: 201 for 8 in 20 overs (Rajat Patidar 63; Jofra Archer 2/33, Ravi Bishnoi 2/32, Brijesh Sharma 2/37).
Rajasthan Royals: 202 for 4 in 18 overs (Vaibhav Sooryavanshi 78, Dhruv Jurel 80 not out; Krunal Pandya 2/30, Josh Hazlewood 2/44).
