Battle in Kerala
With all 20 Lok Sabha seats in Kerala at stake in the second phase of polling tomorrow, the electoral drama unfolds with its usual intensity, underscoring the unique political landscape of the state.
Protesting against the Centre’s order to ban the sale of cattle for slaughter, students in IIT-Madras on Sunday held beef festival on the campus.
Around 80 students organised the event with beef curry and bread being served as a mark of protest against the government’s decision.
In a similar incident on Saturday, Students’ Federation of India (SFI) and activists of Youth Congress organised beef party outside Trivandrum’s University College. Elsewhere, Youth Congress activists too organised a similar event.
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Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Sunday said that the people of his state didn’t need a lesson on food habits from New Delhi or Nagpur.
“The state government will give all facilities to people to have food of their choice. There is no need for Keralites to learn it from anybody in New Delhi or Nagpur (headquarters of RSS),” Vijayan said.
Minister for Environment, Forest and Climate Change Harsh Vardhan on May 26 said that the government has notified the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (Regulation of Livestock Markets) Rules, 2017, to ensure that the sale of cattle is not meant for slaughter purposes.
“An undertaking to this effect has to be given to the member secretary of the animal market committee from the seller as well as the buyer,” Vardhan.
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