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With religion motivated cow protection being one significant platform on which the ruling party ran and won the elections, this has changed dramatically. There

With religion motivated cow protection being one significant platform on which the ruling party ran and won the elections, this has changed dramatically. There are two axes at play here, (i) the religious symbolism of cow that is dear to the Hindu supremacist ruling party and the (ii) Islamophobia axes of the same party. Consequently the cow slaughter has been drastically reduced in the states they control, by a concerted effort of the state machinery and by the actions murderous lynch mobs whose violence the government is, naturally, blind towards. Even Congress party supported a ban on cow slaughter in various Northern states, going back into the 50s, long before BJP (the party you're referring to) was born. You may want to read this article, which goes over the story of cow-slaughter ban in India: https://scroll.in/article/759157/a-short-account-of-indias-long-history-of-hypocrisy-on-cow-slaughter-laws https://scroll.in/article/759157/a-short-account-of-indias-l...

srean 4y ago
I am aware (in the same way that I am aware that BJP weren't the first political party in India to introduce special requirements to regulate interfaith marriage), but that was a good article thanks. I am not sure, however, what the point of you repartee was. It does not contradict my comment comment.
- 1024core 4y ago
  If you are aware that BJP wasn't the first party, and that Congress party actually banned cow slaughter in UP, Bihar, etc. long before BJP was born, then how can you say: With religion motivated cow protection being one significant platform on which the ruling party ran and won the elections, this has changed dramatically. You can't really say BJP changed things "dramatically", if Congress was busy doing it 30 years before BJP was born!
  - srean 4y ago
    The policies of BJP are still motivated by what they are, so my claim still stands. The changed dramatically is the methods, the spate of problems and the consequences of these policies from the recent past. I dont remember cow protection vigilante mobs in the UPAI and UPAII governments, nor do I remember, deaths and damage caused by abandoned cattle from those times. Am happy to reconsider my views in the face of evidence.

srean 4y ago

I am aware (in the same way that I am aware that BJP weren't the first political party in India to introduce special requirements to regulate interfaith marriage), but that was a good article thanks. I am not sure, however, what the point of you repartee was. It does not contradict my comment comment.

1024core 4y ago
If you are aware that BJP wasn't the first party, and that Congress party actually banned cow slaughter in UP, Bihar, etc. long before BJP was born, then how can you say: With religion motivated cow protection being one significant platform on which the ruling party ran and won the elections, this has changed dramatically. You can't really say BJP changed things "dramatically", if Congress was busy doing it 30 years before BJP was born!
- srean 4y ago
  The policies of BJP are still motivated by what they are, so my claim still stands. The changed dramatically is the methods, the spate of problems and the consequences of these policies from the recent past. I dont remember cow protection vigilante mobs in the UPAI and UPAII governments, nor do I remember, deaths and damage caused by abandoned cattle from those times. Am happy to reconsider my views in the face of evidence.