After Love Jihad, MP Govt Gears Up For Cow Protection With Special ‘Cow Cabinet’; Know More About It

The Madhya Pradesh government has announced that it is planning to make a special cow cabinet for the protection of cows.

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New Delhi: A day after the Madhya Pradesh government announced a proposal for laws against 'Love Jihad' the state government has now decided to form a 'gau cabinet' or 'Cow Cabinet' for the protection of cows in the state. According to a tweet by ANI, the Animal husbandry, Forest, Panchayat, Rural Development, Home and Farmer Welfare departments will be a part of the 'Cow Cabinet. Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chauhan has also tweeted about it and said "It has been decided to set up a 'Cow Cabinet' for the protection and promotion of cows in the state. Animal Husbandry, Forest, Panchayat and Rural Development, Revenue, Home and Farmers Welfare Department will be a part of the 'Cow Cabinet'. The first meeting will be held on November 22 at 12 noon on Gopashtami at Gau Sanctuary, Agar Malwa.

प्रदेश में गोधन संरक्षण व संवर्धन के लिए 'गौकैबिनेट' गठित करने का निर्णय लिया गया है। पशुपालन, वन, पंचायत व ग्रामीण विकास, राजस्व, गृह और किसान कल्याण विभाग गौ कैबिनेट में शामिल होंगे। पहली बैठक 22 नवंबर को गोपाष्टमी पर दोपहर 12 बजे गौ अभ्यारण, आगर मालवा में आयोजित की जाएगी।

— Shivraj Singh Chouhan (@ChouhanShivraj) November 18, 2020

Other states such as Karnataka are mulling over laws to ban cow slaughter. A report by India Today says that earlier this month BJP legislators have demanded anti-cow slaughter law which was put in place by BS Yediyurappa in 2010. On Tuesday the Madhya Pradesh Home Minister Narottam Mishra announced that the MP government will propose a new law against ‘Love Jihad’. It'll provide for 5 yrs of ‘rigorous imprisonment’ to the culprits. Narottam Mishra announced that in the next assembly session the MP government will introduce a new law against ‘Love Jihad’ which will make marriages provision to declare marriages taking place forcefully, out of fraud or by tempting someone, for religious conversion, null and void.