VHP, Bajrang Dal harass people by capturing cattle: Government

By: Express News Service | Lucknow | March 4, 2015 5:55 am

THE state government on Tuesday accused RSS wings — Vishwa Hindu Parishad and Bajrang Dal — of harassing people by capturing their milch animals in garb of a campaign against illegal slaughter.

Animal Husbandry Minister Raj Kishore Singh, while replying to a supplementary question by BJP’s Lokendra Singh in the state Assembly, said: “Members of VHP and Bajrang Dal snatch cattle from the public on grounds of protecting them from illegal slaughter. They beat them up and even torch their vehicles. Ask these VHP and Bajrang Dal people not to do such activities.”

The minister cited an example of his colleague who had allegedly faced the wrath of these outfits. “My fellow minister Chauhan (Tourism Minister Moolchandra Chauhan) told me about the incident. His daughter has a dairy farm and some milch cattle were being transported. Members of VHP and Bajrang Dal captured the cattle and set the vehicle on fire,” he said.

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