Ban PETA, Amul vice-chairman urges PM, alleging conspiracy

Three days after People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) urged Amul to capitalise on what it known as India’s and certainly the entire world’s readiness for vegan milk and meals, Amul vice-chairman Valamji Humbal on Tuesday urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi to ban the NGO saying it was making an attempt to smash the livelihood of 10 crore individuals by tarnishing the picture of Indian dairy sector.
“Dairy sector is an important contributor to the GDP of India but the GDP can be affected adversely by misinformation spread by opportunistic elements like this NGO. Organisations like this are part of the conspiracy to render unemployed the milk producers of India,” Humbal mentioned in a launch on Tuesday.
“To ensure that such organisations stop their activities in India, milk producers of Gujarat urge Prime Minister Narendra Modi to initiate necessary action to impose a ban on organisations which are engaged in condemnable activity of tarnishing the image of dairy industry through misinformation campaign and then harm them by encouraging plants of multination companies producing synthetic milk,” he added.
The transfer comes three days after the worldwide NGO working for animal rights urged Amul, the most important dairy organisation of India, to make the most of its place to take advantage of marketplace for plant-based milk and meals. Humbal insisted that 10 crore Indians don’t mete out any cruelty to their milch animals.
“Indian culture positions livestock as part of their family and raise them as a member of the family. Therefore, the question of cruelty does not arise at all… This entire episode is misinformation campaign and an attempt to break the Indian dairy industry, which is self-sufficient and thereby saves the country from the trouble of importing milk and milk products, and render unemployed 10 crore people who are relying on it. The move appears to have been prompted by various foreign companies,” mentioned Humbal who can also be the president of Sarhad Dairy, a member union of Gujarat Cooperative Milk Marketing Federation (GCMMF).
GCMMF markets dairy merchandise below model title Amul. “We urge around 40 lakh dairy farmers associated with Amul and around 15 lakh others to write to the PM seeking a ban on PETA. We shall do the same at our levels also,” he added.