AMN /New Delhi
Bhoomi Adhikar Andolan, a farmer outfit Friday burned the copies of Centre’s notification to ban the sale of cattle for slaughter in protest and demanded its withdrawal.
All India Kisan Sabha (AIKS), which is backed by CPI(M), too participated in the protest against the notification, claiming it anti-farmer in a statement.
In Delhi, the protest was held at Jantar Mantar with AIKS general secretary Hannah Mollah, its joint secretary Vijoo Krishnan, National Federation for Indian Women (NFIW) general secretary Annie Raja, All India Democratic Women’s Association (AIDWA) general secretary Mariam Dhawale and others taking part in it.
“The massive participation and fury denote the deep contempt of the peasantry against the anti-farmer government order that makes the cattle worthless.
“Even farmers belonging to RSS-BJP families participated in the protest action,” the AIKS claimed. The Andolan now mulls organising protests in more parts of the country to mount pressure on the government to rollback the notification, the statement said.
The government had last month issued the notification banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter.
It also prohibited practices that are cruel to animals including a painting of horns and putting ornaments or decorative materials on them.
The environment ministry has notified the stringent ‘Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017’ under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act.
