MIM president and Lok Sabha member from Hyderabad Asaduddin Owaisi took a dig at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) over the issue of cow slaughter.
While speaking to a news agency , the All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief said, “BJP’s hypocrisy is that in Uttar Pradesh it considers cow as ‘mummy’, but in Northeast it’s yummy.”His brother Akbar also made similar kind of statement as to how he likes to eat beef and cow meet. These statements have become viral and also controversial later.
Notably, cow is considered to be a sacred animal in Hindu religion and the BJP, which registered a landslide victory in the recently held Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections, has long campaigned for the protection of cows.
Owaisi’s comments came in the backdrop of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launching a crackdown on illegal slaughter houses in the state.
The LS member had earlier said the Uttar Pradesh government should give time to illegal abattoirs for regularisation instead of just recklessly sealing them.
Cow slaughter is not banned in northeastern states, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.
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