Sources have stated that at a meeting of all parties on the eve of the monsoon session of Parliament, Prime Minister Narendra Modi made a speech in the course of which he visited a contentious theme that has already stalled the two-day-old session and will undoubtedly continue to do so intermittently because they are in the possession of beef, or are, often enough, merely suspected to be carrying the banned meat.
Meanwhile Modi was quite categorical in his comments, the gist of which was that though the cow is revered as a mother here, there are laws for its protection and taking the law into one’s own hands is not a solution.
Further the problem is that almost exactly a year ago, early August last year, Modi had made similar noises. He had said real cow protectors do not terrorize people and that the vigilantes were actually criminal elements operating under the cover of ‘cow protection’. He had similarly urged state governments to prepare dossiers on these people.
Meanwhile Modi was quite categorical in his comments, the gist of which was that though the cow is revered as a mother here, there are laws for its protection and taking the law into one’s own hands is not a solution.
Further the problem is that almost exactly a year ago, early August last year, Modi had made similar noises. He had said real cow protectors do not terrorize people and that the vigilantes were actually criminal elements operating under the cover of ‘cow protection’. He had similarly urged state governments to prepare dossiers on these people.
