Why are seculars silent on Kerala beef fests: Yogi Adityanath

TIL Desk/National/Lucknow/ UP Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has questioned the silence of secular parties over Kerala’s beef festivals in protest against the Centre’s decision banning the sale of cattle for slaughter from open markets.

“I feel there is a lot of talk in the country to respect each others feelings and several organisations demand this in the name of secularism. But why are they silent on the Kerala incident?” he asked at a public felicitation function organised by the Akhil Bhartiya Vidyarthi Parishad last night.

“Why are the people who staged vociferous protests over the incidents in DU and JNU silent on the issue?” the chief minister asked. During the beef fests held in Kerala to protest against the Centre’s ban, a Youth Congress worker Rijil Makulti and his accomplices had reportedly slaughtered a calf in full public view in Kannur and took out a march with the head of a buffalo.

Adityanath, soon after coming to power, had ordered strict compliance of the ban on cow slaughter in the state, besides closing down of illegal slaughter houses being run in the state. He had categorically stated that his government will not allow cow slaughter and cow-smuggling at any cost.