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The Vishwa Hindu Parishad’s Go Raksha wing, Karnataka South, has called for district-level protests connected December 8 to reason the State Cabinet approving to marque an amendment to the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Act, 2020.
Addressing presspersons successful Udupi connected Saturday, VHP person and Prantha Goraksha Pramukh K.R. Sunil said that the Act mandates a slope warrant for releasing vehicles seized for amerciable cattle transport. However, the Cabinet has approved to bring an amendment allowing specified vehicles to beryllium released connected an indemnity enslaved instead.
He alleged that the authorities is present attempting to “show sympathy to cattle lifters” done the projected amendment. “The authorities is trying to weaken the existing law,” helium alleged, and urged the authorities not to spell up with the amendment.
He said that nether the existing law, offenders progressive successful amerciable proscription of cattle indispensable surrender the vehicles utilized successful the offence to the government. If the charges are proven successful court, the authorities person the powerfulness to permanently prehend those vehicles. The existing instrumentality is some beardown and effective, and its strict provisions person importantly reduced cases of cattle theft and their amerciable transport crossed the State.
Instead of focusing connected measures that would enactment dairy farmers specified arsenic expanding incentives for beverage production, the State authorities is funny successful allowing unit against cows, helium alleged.
