In a multi-religious society faith of one community over shadows the rest and further enforces policies to dictate terms. This would seem like an anarchic system but we proudly call it democracy. One of the many examples of this is Anti-cow slaughter Bill which was passed by the Karnataka government even after numerous protests by religious minorities, civil society, dalit groups and farmers groups.
In reality, the anti cow slaughter bill has hidden agenda and a motive of exploitation behind it. Beef is a cheapest form of meat available in
None of the Hindu scripture, including the Ramayana, Mahabharata or the Upanishads, hold that consumption of beef is prohibited in Hinduism but still it has been preached and imposed. Then, based on what has the government banned beef is an unjustifiable argument. Banning of beef will affect the farmers, as most of them rare cows for a living. When the cow has passed its productive years, then it is sold for its meat and in this way farmers earn their living. In most villages, the ox is sold for its meat, as tractors have replaced them in the fields and they are not productive. The bill extends the prevention of slaughter to cow, calf, bull, bullock, buffalo (male and female).
After passing anti-cow slaughter bill the burden of taking care of the cattle falls on the poor farmer who can neither sell the cow/ox nor maintain it. This would discourage the farmers from rearing cattle which ultimately lead to shortage of milk. The bill equated killing of a cow to murder of a human being and offenders may be imprisoned up to 7 years and fine up to one lakh.
The bill is against the secular character of our constitution and is a fundamentalist propaganda to dominate and impose their beliefs on the people.
