Don’t have beef where Hindus live: Assam CM

GUWAHATI: Defending the proposed cow protection bill in Assam, CM Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday said beef should not be consumed in places where Hindus live and the bovine is worshipped.
During a discussion in Assam assembly, the opposition AIUDF feared that the propsed bill will encourage incidents of mob lynching like those in the “cow belt” in northern India.
“We believe that cow is our mother. We want that beef is not consumed in places where cows are worshipped. I am not saying people as a whole should leave their natural habits,” Sarma said. BJP MLA Mrinal Saikia said, “As we have a religious relation with cows, they should not be slaughtered and hanged in Hindu majority localities. In cosmopolitan places, the hotels should not openly sell beef. The proposed act should include all these aspects.”