Cow Slaughter Ban In Haryana

Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Assam, is steering clear of the controversy over cow slaughter in the poll-bound state. Asked if he would follow Maharashtra and Haryana in enforcing a blanket ban on cow slaughter, he said food preferences are a matter of individual choice and the government will have to respect it.

Attacking Haryana government over beef issue, Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda today alleged that Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has taken a "U-turn" on the issue and that the BJP is bereft of a "stable policy".

The editor of a Haryana government magazine has been sacked after an article highlighted the health benefits of eating beef. Cow slaughter and sale of beef is banned in the state.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today back-stepped after a howl of protests over a newspaper interview in which he was quoted as saying that Muslims in the country must give up beef.

The Haryana Assembly on Monday evening unanimously passed a bill under which cow slaughter and the sale of beef have been banned in the state. The new law will also promote conservation and development of indigenous breeds of cows and establish institutions to keep, maintain and take care of the infirm, injured, stray and uneconomic cows.

Sarbananda Sonowal, BJP's chief ministerial candidate in Assam, is steering clear of the controversy over cow slaughter in the poll-bound state. Asked if he would follow Maharashtra and Haryana in enforcing a blanket ban on cow slaughter, he said food preferences are a matter of individual choice and the government will have to respect it.

Attacking Haryana government over beef issue, Congress leader Bhupinder Singh Hooda today alleged that Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar has taken a "U-turn" on the issue and that the BJP is bereft of a "stable policy".

The editor of a Haryana government magazine has been sacked after an article highlighted the health benefits of eating beef. Cow slaughter and sale of beef is banned in the state.

Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar today back-stepped after a howl of protests over a newspaper interview in which he was quoted as saying that Muslims in the country must give up beef.

The Haryana Assembly on Monday evening unanimously passed a bill under which cow slaughter and the sale of beef have been banned in the state. The new law will also promote conservation and development of indigenous breeds of cows and establish institutions to keep, maintain and take care of the infirm, injured, stray and uneconomic cows.