Mangaluru, July 9: A massive protest against cattle trafficking and cow slaughter will be organized by the Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP), Bajrang Dal along with other like-minded outfits at Nehru Maidan here at 4pm on Monday July 13th.
The executive president of VHP Karnataka province M B Puranik announced this at a press meet in the city on Wednesday July 8th and said, similar to poultry, goats and other animals are transported, even cows are being transported to slaughter houses. Not even ten percent of the cows are purchased, instead they are stolen.
Our activists have noticed these cattle thefts and informed the police, but no action has been taken against the culprits. There is no security to our volunteers and cases are booked against them. Hence, on July 13th, a protest meet will be held at Nehru Maidan. The protest is held to warn the government and the administration against letting cattle thieves go unscathed, he said.
Volunteers of VHP, Bajrang Dal and other outfits from Udupi, Dharmasthala, Talapady, Karkala and other places will reach Panambur, Kudupu, Adyar and Pumpwell and hold a rally towards Central Maidan, where the protest meet will be held. More than 10,000 people are expected to participate, said Puranik.
Dr P Ananthakrishna Bhat, provincial executive president said, on one hand, the government talks about providing support price for milk, but on the other hand it is supporting illegal cattle transport. We have been spending more than Rs 4 lakhs every month on ‘goshala’ to protect cows, but the government has not even given a single rupee to support this cause. Milk is essential to all irrespective of religion. In this regard, all people who support cattle protection will join the protest meet held at Nehru Maidan. This is only to create awareness and not to hurt any religion.
Jagadish Shenava, Sharan Pumpwell, Kateel Dinesh Pai, provincial Goraksha Pramukh, Jitendra Kottary, Gopal Kuthar and others were present at the press meet.
