Ahmedabad: Amid the row over the Centre's ban on the sale of cattle for slaughter at livestock markets, the Gujarat Congress's youth wing on Friday demanded that the Narendra Modi government declare the cow as the national animal.
Congress's youth wing general secretary Parthivraj Kathwadia said the BJP government in Gujarat is interested in gauchar (grasslands) more than cows, as he alleged that it "gifted thousands of hectares of gauchar to some industrialists in the past".
"The BJP loves gauchar more than cows... this government has gifted thousands of hectares of grasslands to some industrialists in the past. It should take back that land so that cows do not die eating plastic," he said.
The Congress leader also accused the BJP dispensation of not taking concrete steps to save cows from theft or slaughter.
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