Raipur: Amid a growing chorus for stringent cow protection laws, Chattisgarh Chief Minister Raman Singh on Saturday towed a similar line and said that those who kill cows will be hanged.
Singh, however, said there was no incident of cow slaughter in the past 15 years of BJP rule in the state.
“Have you heard of cow slaughter here in the last 15 years,” he asked, quickly adding "If someone does that (kills cow), will hang him".
On Friday, the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government in Gujarat enacted a harsher law providing for life-term for those found involved in cow-slaughtering.
The state Assembly passed the amendment to the Gujarat Animal Preservation Act of 1954 providing for maximum punishment of up to life imprisonments and a fine of up to Rs five lakh.
According to new law, anybody found in possession of beef could face a jail term ranging from seven to 10 years.
With the passing of the amendment, cow slaughter has now become a non-bailable offence in the state.
Gujarat had imposed a complete ban on cow-slaughter, transportation and selling of cow-beef in 2011.
Taking a dig at BJP on the issue, AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi on Saturday said cow is 'mummy' in Uttar Pradesh, but 'yummy' in northeast.
“BJP's hypocrisy is that in Uttar Pradesh it considers cow as 'mummy', but in Northeast it's yummy,” ANI quoted Owaisi as saying.
Owaisi's comments came in the backdrop of UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath launching a crackdown on illegal slaughter houses in the state.
He had earlier said the Uttar Pradesh government should give time to illegal abattoirs for regularisation instead of just recklessly sealing them.
Cow slaughter is not banned in northeastern states, Arunachal Pradesh, Mizoram, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Tripura and Sikkim.
#WATCH: Chhattisgarh CM Raman Singh says 'will hang those who kill (cows)' when asked will Chhattisgarh make any law against cow slaughter. pic.twitter.com/V5fdNs4CEk
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