Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Oct 7: Senior Congress leaders and Ex- MLAs Dr Manohar Lal Sharma, Yogesh Sawhney and Faqir Nath have alleged that after all BJP and RSS succeeded in their hidden agenda to remove all the legal hurdles for open sale of beef in the J&K State after more than eighty years of ban imposed by the then Maharaja of Duggar State.
In a joint press statement here today, the Ex-MLAs said that they were surprised to listen about the contribution made by Saffron Party in getting the stay on the High Court of J&K order of beef ban in the J&K . BJP and RSS created a history by tactfully and smartly managing this stay order and the people of country as well as the Duggar Pradesh will not forget them for this great contribution, they added.
The Congress leaders further said that there was a ban imposed on ” cow slaughter” by the Maharaja of Jammu & Kashmir under Section 298 A,B,C and D of “Ranbir Penal Code” in 1932 but after eight decades BJP succeeded to allow the open sale of beef in this State.
They said the BJP crossed all limits to remain in power and shattered the religious faith of the peoples in the J&K State as well as the whole country. They further said that the political motives of Jammu was already sold by BJP to PDP and now religious faith of peoples kept on stake by managing this stay order. They also questioned BJP leadership for its role in denying AIIMS and Smart City to Jammu.