Karnataka gives in to anti-Hindu requires of Amnesty? Karnataka minister says “If buffalos can be slaughtered why not cows”

On Saturday, June 3, Ok Venkatesh, the animal husbandry and veterinary sciences minister throughout the newly formed Congress authorities hinted on the ‘review’ of the anti-cow slaughter act passes by the sooner BJP authorities and legalising cow slaughter.

“If a buffalo can be slaughtered, why not cows?,” the minister argued saying that his authorities will discuss concerning the Act, which does not comprise any level out of cow slaughter.

In an try to justify his argument further, the minister acknowledged that farmers are confronted with a wrestle throughout the maintenance of aged cattle and disposal of the ineffective. He claimed to have had some factors disposing of one in every of many cows that died not too way back at his farmhouse.

“I sought advice from veterinary officials, who advised me to bury the carcass. I had to get an excavator to bury the carcass,” Minister Venkatesh talked about.

According to Minister Ok Venkatesh, the federal authorities intends to purchase not lower than one crane for each taluk that may in all probability be used to bury cattle corpses.

Amnesty India’s demand to allow cow slaughter in Karnataka

Notably, on May 23, Amnesty India, a uncertain organisation that closed its office in India after various firms began investigating it for alleged FCRA violations, issued an inventory of anti-Hindu “demands” for the newly-elected Congress Government in Karnataka.

Amnesty India had demanded a consider of the Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020. The organisation moreover demanded to allow cow slaughter throughout the state of Karnataka.

👉🏾 Review and repeal discriminatory provisions throughout the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020 and the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2022, which can be misused and weaponized in the direction of minorities.
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— Amnesty India (@AIIndia) May 23, 2023

Amnesty India had claimed {{that a}} ban on slaughter and religious conversions can be “misused and weaponised against minorities”. The tweet study, “Review and repeal discriminatory provisions in the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020 and the Karnataka Protection of Right to Freedom of Religion Bill, 2022, which can be misused and weaponized against minorities.”

Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cow Bill 2020

The Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cow Bill 2020, handed by the state’s earlier BJP authorities, took influence in February 2021. According to the Act, slaughtering any cattle, apart from buffaloes over the age of 13, is a extreme offence punishable by as a lot as seven years in jail.