Popular Front welcomes SC stay on cattle trade ban
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 14 2017:
The Popular Front of India Central Secretariat meeting has welcomed the Supreme Court order which stayed the new restrictions on cattle trade imposed by the Central Government and the decision to apply nationwide, the Madras High Court’s recent stay on the cattle sale ban .
A press release issued today by the PRO, Popular Front of India Manipur State conveyed that the order definitely comes as a relief to millions of poor people whose livelihood depends on cattle and beef trade .
The apex Court verdict is a warning to those who are instigating communal riots and mob lynching in the name of cow protection, it added .
It also said that going by the SC order, the Central Government and State Governments must come forward with effective measures to stop the cruelties of cow vigilantism that has taken dozens of lives in the matter of a few months in various parts of the country .
On the other hand, the Central Secretariat meeting also strongly condemned the brutal attack on pilgrims returning from Amarnath .
It stated that there is no justification for any group or force under any circumstances to lay hands on innocent civilians and added that along with the perpetrators, every mastermind behind the incident must not be allowed to escape the law .
It also expressed condolences to the families and urged the authority concerned to take up appropriate and befitting actions against those involved.