The comments come the day after the premier also broke his silence on the self-styled cow defenders, saying any vigilantes should be prosecuted.
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In a separate incident, vigilantes attacked two Muslim women who were allegedly carrying beef in Madhya Pradesh state in central India.
“There are some people who are running shops in the name of cow protection”.
Cows are considered sacred by Hindus and killing them is banned in most Indian states. “If you want to shoot, shoot me”. “This game should stop”, he said addressing BJP workers here.
The governor, he said, hands over non-milching cows abandoned by people to farmers and ask them to link cows with cultivation as the cow urine and cow dung improves the soil fertility. In his yesterday’s meeting at LB stadium, he once again fired on the issue of fake cow protectors and asked for the protection of Dalits. “Gau sevaks and Gau protectors are both very different”, Modi said.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi voicing concerns over incidents of cow vigilantism and anti-socials turning gau rakshaks has not gone down well with the Vishwa Hindu Parishad, which has reacted strongly to the PM’s statement.
Although the inaugural events had no connection with cow protection, Modi steered his speech towards farming and the importance of cows. He said dalits has power to change the country and people can not forget their contribution to the independence of India. Till now, a number of gau rakshaks have been killed, including Ahmedabad’s Geeta Rambhia. Such service enhances national wealth….
Notwithstanding Modi’s criticism of the vigilantes, the opposition termed it as “absolutely humbug”, alleging that his ideological co-travellers were perpetrating “terror” in the name of cow protection.
Mr Modi was similarly criticised a year ago, when he took two weeks to condemn the lynching of a Muslim man over rumours he had stored and consumed beef. “We have to protect the marginalised & Dalits, It is our duty”, he added.
“In the past 40 years of my political career, whether one believes it or not, this is the first time I am witnessing a corruption-free government at the Centre”.
CPI leader D Raja also criticised the ruling dispensation, stating there are issues on which people expect the PM to speak, including increasing atrocities against Dalits.
Prime Minister Modi shed light on how leakages had been stopped in LPG subsidy distribution by through the Direct Benefit Transfer scheme.
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The Prime Minister unveils a pylon and also turn a tap in a village marking the launch of Mission Bhagiratha.
