Punjab unit of the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) on Thursday condemned the incident of the cow slaughter in Malerkotla (Sangrur), saying that it was an “attempt to disturb the communal harmony in the State”.
Slamming the repeated attempts to hurt religious sentiments of the majority community in Malerkotla, Punjab BJP president Kamal Sharma demanded from the administration that people behind the incident must be arrested without any delay and should be punished.
Sharma assured that the State BJP will take up this issue with Chief Minister Parkash Singh Badal.
Carcasses of some cows were found in a nullah (drain) near the Kuka Memorial in Malerkotla on Wednesday, which has left the people in the State extremely pained.
Sharma, expressing his fear, said that ever since the Narendra Modi Government has taken over the reigns of the country, “attempts are being made by certain forces to pollute the atmosphere of communal harmony in order to defame the Union Government”.
“It is matter of extreme dismay that the continuous efforts are being made to disturb the religious feelings of the
majority community in Malerkotla,” he said.
He pointed out that earlier a child Vidhu Jain was set ablaze and the inquiry into the matter was still pending with the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).
Apart from this, incidents aimed at disturbing a particular community keep happening, which clearly indicates that Malerkotla was fast becoming communally sensitive region. Sharma has assured those who have raised their voice against the cow slaughter that the party was firmly behind those agitating.
In June 2012, 25 carcasses of cows were found outside a factory in Joga village in Mansa district - at the site of which the state government is now coming up with a ‘Cow Memorial’.