‘3rd term chances for BJP getting bleaker’
Trinamul Congress chairperson Mamata Banerjee said on Wednesday that the BJP’s chances of returning to power are becoming bleak while predicting a rich harvest for her party in Bengal.
West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Monday criticised Centre and refused to accept its recent notification banning the sale of cattle for the purpose of slaughter.
"I am against any ban on cattle slaughter. We won't accept the Centre's decision, it's unconstitutional. We will fight against it legally," Mamata said.
"Decision to ban sale of cattle for slaughter deliberate attempt to encroach into state power," she added.
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Taking a dig at the Central government, she said: "This government will now ban cow milk also. All of us like Gau Mata, but this is not the way to deal with the problem."
"The ban is going to hit the farmers badly," Mamata said, even asking the government if the "cattle was supposed to be locked up".
The West Bengal CM also urged the Centre not to play with the federal structure of the governance in India.
"Government may come and go, but you cannot play with secularism and democracy," Mamata said.
The Central government on May 26 banned the sale of cows and buffaloes for slaughter at animal markets across India. Now, bulls, cows, bullocks, buffaloes, steers, heifers, calves and camels can be sold only to agriculturists.
"No one can bring cattle to an animal market unless he or she has furnished a written declaration that the cattle will not be sold for the purpose of slaughter," a notification from the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, stated.
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