Bill passed to control cow slaughter and meat consumption

Desk report: The controversial cow protection bill has been passed in the assembly of the Indian state of Assam. The bill has completely banned the sale of beef within 5 km of the temple. Speaker Biswajit Daimari on Friday (August 13th) announced that the Cow Protection Bill, 2021 had been passed. Earlier, the opposition walked out of the assembly after the government refused to send the bill to an elected committee. The bill was passed after two hours of discussion. Regarding the passage of the bill, the Chief Minister said that as a result of passing the bill, cows can be slaughtered within 5 km of Hindu, Jain, Sikh and other non-beef eating community temples, satras and any other institution. Slaughter of cows starting from calves to less than 14 years of age has been banned. In the bill, male and female bulls and buffaloes, cows, cows, calves, bakna calves, etc. are defined as cows. Besides, cows cannot be transported from one district to another. If you want to transport cows, you have to get the permission of the administration in advance. Cows have to be transported with a permit subject to the permission of the administration.The Assam chief minister added that the purpose of the law was not to dissuade anyone from eating beef, but that a person who eats cows must respect the religious sentiments of others.