Addressing a press meet here on Monday, he said the move of the state government has violated four earlier judgements of Supreme Court on cow slaughter. The existing Prevention Of Cow Slaughter And Cattle Preservation Act, 1964 has been repealed to get this Bill accepted in the Assembly.
He said as per the definition of cattle in the proposed Act now includes bull, bullock and buffalo. Slaughter of cattle has been made a non-bailable offence, punishable with imprisonment ranging between one and seven years, which is unconstitutional. The Bill is draconian.
He said “the Bill should not have been allowed to table in the Assembly. The Bill is anti-farmer. Whether Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa will pay for the daily expenses of these aged cattle. The farmer is forced to keep the cattle with himself till it dies, which will be a additional burden on him.” Poojary alleged that Chief Minister has not respected the Supreme Court’s judgement. We have given power to a person who does not value the judgement of the Supreme Court, he observed. He feared that the Bill can be misused by people to take personal revenge. “CM will learn a lesson when the Bill is misused against him. The Bill was directly targeting minorities and Dalits,” he alleged. The Bill was nothing but an agenda of the RSS and Sangh Parivar.
He urged the Chief Minister to withdraw the draconian Bill and continue with the existing Act of 1964. He challenged CM to issue a statement that he (CM) is ready to violate the verdicts of Supreme Court and get the Bill implemented in the State.
Will fish be banned?
Of the ten incarnation of the Lord Vishnu matsyavathara is one among them. Will the Sangh Parivar stop people from consuming fish by saying that fish is God and should not consumed by the people in future, Poojary asked.