Bihar Election: Sushil Modi says

NDA will ban cow slaughter in

Bihar if it wins.
Latching on to the RJD supremo Lalu Prasad's controversial remarks that the 'Hindus too eat beef',
senior BJP leader Sushil Kumar Modi on Monday promised to frame a legislation to ban cow
slaughter in the state, if NDA comes to power in Bihar elections.
"The forthcoming Assembly polls in Bihar is going to be a direct contest between those, who justify
beef eating and those seeking effective ban on cow slaughter....We, on our part, promise to frame
an effective legislation to totally ban cow slaughter in the state if the NDA comes to power," he said
in a statement.
Such a stringent law banning cow slaughter in Bihar, would be framed in line of legislations in place
in states such as Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Chhatisgarh and Gujarat among others, Sushil
Modi said, adding that though Bihar had a law banning slaughter of cows below 14 years of age, the
same had not been effectively implemented by successive governments.

In Bihar, cows of tender age were being slaughtered despite having legislation against it, he claimed,
adding that the NDA government would prevent cow slaughter and take steps for protection of the
sacred animal in order to ensure that those rearing cows become prosperous.
The senior BJP leader claimed that thousands of animals used to be brought to Sonepur fair by
trains from across the country and transported to Assam and other North-East states before being
transported across the border for slaughter, which Sushil Modi said, he had banned when he was a
minister.
The NDA government at the Centre has also saved lives of lakhs of cows by preventing smuggling of
animals to neighbouring country, the former deputy chief minister said.
He expressed dismay at the RJD supremo sticking to his remarks that the 'Hindus too eat beef' and
questioned Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and the Congress President Sonia Gandhi's stony silence on
Prasad's controversial remarks.
In an apparent bid to drag the chief minister in the raging controversy over the RJD supremo's
remarks, the senior BJP leader claimed that Kumar had insulted crores of Hindus by keeping mum
on the issue.
Article Source: Business Standard