In the last 6 months no other event has caught the attention of the liberals in India than the Dadri incident. The incident as reported by the media claims that an innocent man was murdered for slaughtering a calf and eating its beef.
Despiste a ton of outrage and yelling, it now appears that
1) There is no mention of beef at all in the FIR filed in the case by UP police. You can read the report here.
2) The report sent by the UP government to the Central govt ( which is supposedly secular) also does not mention 'beef' at all. You can read the report from here.
So after a week of hue and cry, all we have is that the man was killed on rumours of eating beef. One would expect senior journalists to verify the story before making it a headline.
None the less, that story shaken the political world. One would have expected that the the liberal secular opposition would seize the opportunity to put the BJP on the back foot. But its the secular parties such as SP and RJD that are feeling the heat ... here is why
Both Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav have build their political careers on the consolidation of the Yadav-Muslim vote bank.
The Yadavs are the decedents of Lord Krishna (the Yahuvanshi race). Nothing is revered more to a Yaduvanshi than Krishna and by association his love and respect for cows. There is no way any Yadav leader can get away by calling for freedom to eat beef. This will not go well with their Muslim vote bank for which beef is a staple diet.
So you have a checkmate scenario .... beef and related issues has the potential to break this Muslim -Yadav vote bank for the good, undoing years of effort put my Lalu and Mulayam.
Secondly the constitution of India under Article 48 prohibits slaughter of cows. 24 Indian states have laws that prevent slaughter of cows. Supreme Court in 2006 has upheld this constitutional clause making it easy for state to pass laws that ban cow slaughter. Any one making appeals to encourage cow slaughter is going against the constitution of India and the laws passed in the states.
I do not understand why a lot of BJP supporters are getting agitated over the beef issue ... its in BJP's own interest to dismantle the Muslim Yadav vote bank. Lastly why agitate when the constitution is in your favour.....BJP MLAs and Spokespersons should learn a lesson from the greatest Yaduvanshi ever ....Shri Krishna .... do not fight an unnecessary war ...if forced to pick a side .... take that of dharma (in this case our constitution)
Despiste a ton of outrage and yelling, it now appears that
1) There is no mention of beef at all in the FIR filed in the case by UP police. You can read the report here.
2) The report sent by the UP government to the Central govt ( which is supposedly secular) also does not mention 'beef' at all. You can read the report from here.
So after a week of hue and cry, all we have is that the man was killed on rumours of eating beef. One would expect senior journalists to verify the story before making it a headline.
None the less, that story shaken the political world. One would have expected that the the liberal secular opposition would seize the opportunity to put the BJP on the back foot. But its the secular parties such as SP and RJD that are feeling the heat ... here is why
Both Lalu Prasad Yadav and Mulayam Singh Yadav have build their political careers on the consolidation of the Yadav-Muslim vote bank.
The Yadavs are the decedents of Lord Krishna (the Yahuvanshi race). Nothing is revered more to a Yaduvanshi than Krishna and by association his love and respect for cows. There is no way any Yadav leader can get away by calling for freedom to eat beef. This will not go well with their Muslim vote bank for which beef is a staple diet.
So you have a checkmate scenario .... beef and related issues has the potential to break this Muslim -Yadav vote bank for the good, undoing years of effort put my Lalu and Mulayam.
Secondly the constitution of India under Article 48 prohibits slaughter of cows. 24 Indian states have laws that prevent slaughter of cows. Supreme Court in 2006 has upheld this constitutional clause making it easy for state to pass laws that ban cow slaughter. Any one making appeals to encourage cow slaughter is going against the constitution of India and the laws passed in the states.
I do not understand why a lot of BJP supporters are getting agitated over the beef issue ... its in BJP's own interest to dismantle the Muslim Yadav vote bank. Lastly why agitate when the constitution is in your favour.....BJP MLAs and Spokespersons should learn a lesson from the greatest Yaduvanshi ever ....Shri Krishna .... do not fight an unnecessary war ...if forced to pick a side .... take that of dharma (in this case our constitution)
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