Rahul Mehta Gandhinagar LsCandidate
Pashu Bali (animal sacrifice) in Hindu temple or rituals should be allowed --- NaMo's attempts to harass Hindus who want animal sacrifice in temples should be opposed
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Just because I dont like Pashu bali (animal sacrifice) is NOT a reason why all Hindus who want animal sacrifce should be harassed.
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NaMo has ordered Minister Maneka Gandhi to use policemen to harass Hindus who practice animal sacrifice in their religious or social ceremonies. Even tribals who have been practicing animal sacrifice are being harassed by policemen. The next can be Sikh Nihangs, who practice goat sacrifice on certain days. Next can be maratha, who practice buffalo sacrifice on some social occasions. And then Gurakhas who have practice of buffalo sacrifice on many occasions.
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Many dalits and tribals in Gujarat are approaching Maulvies for animal sacrifice.
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If NaMo and Maneka Gandhi have such intense love for animals, then may be they should start with banning export of meat. That will stop tens of lakhs of goats, cows and buffalos from slaughter. But NaMo is openly promoting export of buffalo and goat meat. And custom officials are prohibited from checking a container if the container has buffalo meat or cow meat !!! And NaMo and Maneka Gandhi are chasing devotees in various Hindu sects just to save a few thousand animals.
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Lets do a number comparision. Number of animals sacrifices are just a few thousand a year in whole of India. Whereas over 1 crore goats and over crore buffalos are slaughtered just for meat export. And NaMo is actively promoting meat export and NaMo orders Maneka Gandhi to use policemen to harass devotees to save a few thousand animals !!! Clearly NaMo's intension is NOT to save animal lives. His intention is clear --- he just wants to harass devotees who believe in animal sacrifice.
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At perfsonal level, IMO, activists may or need not work to convince devotees to reduce animal sacrifice. But this should be ONLY done thru persuation and not using harassment by policemen.
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Solution? Solution I propose is Right to recall Minister law-draft, by which voters can replace any Minister and RTR PM. This way, voters can warn Maneka Gandhi and NaMo to back off, and not to interfere in religious / social practices.
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