Cow Obsession of BJP

Cow Obsession of BJP

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August 13, 2022

Karnataka BJP Government has passed “Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill 2010” (June 2010). It is not the first time that the debate around cow slaughter or beef eating is taking place. The BJP-led NDA government at the Centre went to the extent of appointing a committee to go into the matter and the committee concluded that cow protection should be made a fundamental right and there is a need to constitute Central RPF to prevent cow slaughter, and also to invoke POTA to detain those smuggling cows! The cow obsession of BJP is a part of deeper agenda of targeting Muslim minorities as they want to Brahminise the society by creating situations where beef eating becomes a taboo for large sections of society. Today with the rise of communalism, we need to recount the examples set by Gandhi in matters pertaining to community relations and the efforts to demonise and communalise by resorting to such symbolisms of cow or Ram Temple should be put aside to focus on the issues of living in peace and harmony in a plural society.

Farzana Nigar

Ranchi, Jharkhand