Nationwide ban on cow slaughter on the cards says Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh

#cowslaughter #rajnathsingh #india #tourism #BJP #NDA Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh has indicated that the NDA government will try its "level best" to bring in a nationwide ban on cow slaughter through a consensus as reported in zeenews.india.com dated 30 March 2015.
His intentions are noble no doubt because we Indians look upon the cow as a Goddess and worship her as go-mata – hence, imposing a ban on cow slaughter would be in the fitness of things. Already BJP-ruled like Madhya Pradesh and Maharashtra have introduced necessary legislation in this regard and no one should doubt the commitment of the government to prevent slaughter of cows.

However, introducing such a ban in all states of the country is not possible right now since the government does not have an absolute majority in both Houses of Parliament. Obviously, that would have to wait till such time the BJP manages to get the required numbers in the Rajya Sabha.
Of course, the leaders should also consider another important aspect – namely, the effect such legislations might have on tourism. On the one hand we want tourists to come over and spend their dollars in India but they would have to content themselves with dishes that do not have beef. Once the decision is implemented, the travel websites would inform would-be tourists to come prepared to dine on veg dishes.
Agree, veg dishes are healthy and there is a clamor for some foreigners to go vegan but, the fact remains that it could hurt tourism.

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