The Congress on Saturday took out a march in Madhya Pradesh’s Indore with a calf in a bullock cart to protest against the death of cows.
The rally was taken out from the statue of Jawaharlal Nehru at Madhumilan Square to the statue of Mahatma Gandhi at Regal Square.
Addressing the protesters, MP Congress working president Jitu Patwari said, “A large number of cows have died in gaushalas in Bhopal, Indore and other parts of the state. Cows are not safe in gaushalas in BJP-ruled Madhya Pradesh”.
शिवराज सरकार द्वारा गौमाता पर अत्याचार किया जा रहा है। गौशालाओं में गौमाता भूख से तड़प तड़प कर मर रही हैं। जिसके विरोध में आज इंदौर जिला ग्रामीण कांग्रेस कमेटी द्वारा आयोजित पदयात्रा में सम्मिलित हुआ। pic.twitter.com/s42LEXmKC2
— Jitu Patwari (@jitupatwari) March 12, 2022
Senior Congress leader Sajjan Singh Verma said the BJP pays only lip service to the cause of cows for deriving political mileage but fails to protect the cow.
The protesters shouted slogans demanding strict action against the people responsible for the death of cows. Deaths of several cows have been reported from two gaushalas or cow shelters in Indore and Bhopal recently. In both cases, First Information Reports (FIR) had been filed.