Meghalaya Bjp Leader Quits

BJP's principal spokesman Praveen Prabhakar on Sunday resigned from party's primary membership and joined Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangama-led Nationalist People's Party.

Claiming that "vested interests" had misconstrued its cattle trade rule, Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has told NDTV that the government was willing to revisit the rule that bans slaughter of cattle sold in animal markets, saying "it is not a prestige issue for us".

Over 5,000 BJP youth workers in Meghalaya have decided to quit the party over the centre's new rules for cattle trade that ban the buying and selling of cattle in animal markets for slaughter. Among them is prominent youth leader Wilver Greham Danggo, who resigned as the Tura City District Youth president.

The BJP in Meghalaya has called a hasty strategy session after the exit of two of its key Garo leaders on the Centre's ban on cattle trade in animal markets for slaughter. The resignation of Bachu Marak -- a senior leader of the party in the North Garo Hills today - has triggered a crisis. Within a few hours of his resignation, around 200 party wor...

A BJP leader in Meghalaya who had talked about a "beer and beef party" on his Facebook page to mark three years of his party's government at the Centre has quit. Bachu Marak is the second BJP leader - after Bernard Marak - to quit the party over the central government's new cattle trade rules banning slaughter.

A BJP leader in Meghalaya has resigned in protest against the Centre's new rule that bans cattle trade for slaughter. Bernard Marak, a leader from Garo hills, had created controversy earlier this week by promising cheap beef to people if the party came to power. Assembly elections in the hill state, where beef is staple, is due early next year.

BJP's principal spokesman Praveen Prabhakar on Sunday resigned from party's primary membership and joined Meghalaya Chief Minister Conrad Sangama-led Nationalist People's Party.

Claiming that "vested interests" had misconstrued its cattle trade rule, Union Environment Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan has told NDTV that the government was willing to revisit the rule that bans slaughter of cattle sold in animal markets, saying "it is not a prestige issue for us".

Over 5,000 BJP youth workers in Meghalaya have decided to quit the party over the centre's new rules for cattle trade that ban the buying and selling of cattle in animal markets for slaughter. Among them is prominent youth leader Wilver Greham Danggo, who resigned as the Tura City District Youth president.

The BJP in Meghalaya has called a hasty strategy session after the exit of two of its key Garo leaders on the Centre's ban on cattle trade in animal markets for slaughter. The resignation of Bachu Marak -- a senior leader of the party in the North Garo Hills today - has triggered a crisis. Within a few hours of his resignation, around 200 party wor...

A BJP leader in Meghalaya who had talked about a "beer and beef party" on his Facebook page to mark three years of his party's government at the Centre has quit. Bachu Marak is the second BJP leader - after Bernard Marak - to quit the party over the central government's new cattle trade rules banning slaughter.

A BJP leader in Meghalaya has resigned in protest against the Centre's new rule that bans cattle trade for slaughter. Bernard Marak, a leader from Garo hills, had created controversy earlier this week by promising cheap beef to people if the party came to power. Assembly elections in the hill state, where beef is staple, is due early next year.