Haryana Chief Minister Manohar lal on Sunday said that Government will introduce teaching of Bhagavad Gita in schools across the State. The Government will introduce the teaching of “Bhagwad Gita”, a Hindu scripture, in school curriculum from the new academic session this year. Notably, the opposition Congress had earlier, in guarded criticism of BJP Government, had accused it of trying to give a religious colour to the introduction of “Bhagwad Gita”. Former Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda had alleged that the BJP Government was trying to push its Hindutva agenda.
Kurukshetra, the battlefield described in the mythological epic “Mahabharata” and where the sermon of “Bhagwad Gita” was given by lord Krishna to Pandava warrior Arjun, is located in Haryana. For conservation and promotion of indigenous cows in the State, the Chief Minister said that the State Government would bring a stern law for putting an end to cow slaughter. A day before, the State Government had announced to impose a complete ban on the sale of beef in all forms and proposed a 10 years rigorous imprisonment for cow slaughter.
The CM said that the government will also introduce a bill with “stringent punishment for cow slaughtering in the on-going Budget Session of the Assembly.” The BJP Government in Haryana will bring a new law against cow slaughter, he said. In the proposed ‘Govansh Sanrakashan and Gau Samvardhan (Cow Protection and Cow Conservation and Development) Bill’ provisions of tough law on cow slaughter and for conservation and better care of indigenous cattle will be made, he said.
Haryana Government yesterday imposed a complete ban on the sale of beef in any form and proposed to provide for 10 years rigorous imprisonment for cow slaughter. Khattar, a first time MlA and the only Chief Minister of first ever BJP Government in Haryana, said that the priority of his Government was to end corruption from the system. Noting that corruption is a “main problem” in the state, Khattar said that the government would take several steps, including introduction of technical system like IT, to eradicate the menace from the society.