The Hindu : Ban on cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh

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Saturday, Dec 13, 2003

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Ban on cow slaughter in Madhya Pradesh

By Our Staff Correspondent

BHOPAL DEC. 12. The Madhya Pradesh Cabinet today decided to impose a complete ban on cow slaughter, a promise made by the Bharatiya Janata Party before the elections.

Presided over by the Chief Minister, Uma Bharti, the Cabinet also decided to reinstate thousands of retrenched daily wage earners, wind up the district governments and bring the Narmada water to Bhopal.

Ms. Bharti had announced during her election campaign that once she came to power, a decision would be taken at her very first Cabinet meeting to impose a complete ban on cow slaughter. Similarly, she had emphasised that a decision would also be taken at the meeting to reinstate thousands of daily wage earners appointed after December 31, 1988, clear the Narmada water supply scheme for Bhopal and abandon the system of district governments that had been imposed on the Panchayati Raj system by the Digvijay Singh Government.

The BJP Government has also decided to properly equip the cow sheds for keeping sick and ailing cows.

The Cabinet has suspended with immediate effect the powers given to the district planning boards under the concept of district governments from 1999 onwards. It decided to reinstate the daily wage earners removed after December 31, 1988.

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