LUCKNOW, Aug 23:
BSP chief Mayawati today targeted the BJP over the death of cows in Government-aided shelters in party-ruled states of Rajasthan and Chhattisgarh and alleged that state funds were being embezzled in the name of cow protection.
“They have made ‘gau mata’ a political, communal and casteist issue like Ram temple but why this cruelty and laxity in the name of ‘gau sewa’ (service),” she alleged.
“The situation is so bad under the BJP that there is no value of human life… Now cows are also dying in government- aided ‘gaushalas’ (cow shelters) in BJP-ruled states because of rampant corruption,” the former chief minister alleged in a statement here.
She asked why the RSS is not seeking an answer from the state Government on cow deaths.
The BSP president demanded a review of schemes related to cow protection and curbing corruption so that cowshelters “do not become slaughter houses” and the religious beliefs of the people are not hurt. It would not amount to saffron appeasement, she said. (PTI)
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