Gai, Ganga & Gita made India vishwa guru: Min

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Gai, Ganga & Gita made India vishwa guru: Min

Sunday, 21 June 2020 | PNS | Lucknow

Animal Husbandry Minister Laxmi Narayan Chaudhary defended the amendment to UP Cow Slaughter (Prevention) Act, saying that cow, Ganga and Gita were India’s identity due to which the country became a world leader.
He also accused the previous regimes of not making efforts to stop cow slaughter in the state.
“Cow, Ganga and Gita are the identity of India. Due to them, India became a vishwa guru (world leader). Earlier there were no buffaloes in our country, there were only cows. Even doctors say that after mother’s milk, the milk of cow is the best for a new-born baby,” Chaudhary said in Lucknow on Saturday.
On the need for a stringent law to protect cows and prevent their slaughter, Chaudhary, while referring to draft of UP Cow Slaughter Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020, said, “There were large number of cases of cow slaughter during previous regimes. But they did little to curb the crime. Earlier, it was a bailable offence and the accused procured bail within a couple of days. Here I must stress that the ordinance is not targeted towards any particular community.”
“The UP government’s stand should not be linked to any religion. It is a matter of cow protection, belief and health. I once saw 30 cows bundled in a truck and by the time they were rescued, three had died. Cow slaughter is a heinous crime. The ordinance was necessitated as cow slaughter has to end,” he said. 
On June 9, the UP government approved the draft ordinance, providing a maximum prison term of 10 years and fine up to Rs 5 lakh to protect cows and prevent slaughter.
“For the first offence, a person could be given rigorous punishment of one to seven years with a fine between Rs 1 and Rs 3 lakh. For the second offence, the accused could be given a 10-year rigorous term with fine up to Rs 5 lakh,” the state government said. 
The ordinance aims at making the existing UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955, more stringent and effective and completely stop cow slaughter.
In case of illegal transportation of cows and other bovines, the driver, operator and owner of the vehicle would be charged under the new law, unless proven that transportation was done without the owner’s knowledge by someone else for committing the crime.
The Uttar Pradesh Prevention of Cow Slaughter Act, 1955 was implemented in the state on January 6, 1956. The Act was amended in 1958, 1961, 1979 and 2002. The rules were amended in 1964 and 1979.
“However, certain loopholes continued to remain due to which the Act could not be effectively implemented as per the public sentiment and complaints of illegal cow slaughter and transportation of cattle were received,” the state government said.

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