Cow vigilante: Congress questions Modi's silence
The Congress questioned today the silence of
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on repeated incidents of violence in the
name of cow protection, and asked whether safeguarding Indians was the
priority of the government.
The Congress questioned today the silence of Prime Minister
Narendra Modi on repeated incidents of violence in the name of cow
protection, and asked whether safeguarding Indians was the priority of
the government.
Referring to the Alwar incident in Rajasthan where
a person was killed after a cow vigilante group beat him up, Congress
spokesperson Kapil Sibal termed it as "unfortunate" and said there is a
need for setting up a "Manav Raksha Vahini", a group for protection of human beings.
"You save the cow, but at least humans should also
be protected alongside," the senior Congress leader said, adding "the government should try and safeguard the rule of law".
Sibal said
there have been various incidents of such kind happening in different
parts of the country, but the Prime Minister has remained silent.
"Such
incidents have happened in Dadri (Uttar Pradesh), Una (Gujarat) and now
Alwar. But the Prime Minister has remained silent...They are speaking
in such a way as if nothing happened. Where is this country headed?" he
asked.
"If our Prime Minister won't speak about this, then what
message is being sent to the people? Isn't safeguarding Indians the
priority of this government," he asked.
"If people and humanity are
not protected, where will we be as a nation," he said, asking, "In what
direction is this nation headed? Who should the government be safeguarding?
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