Samajwadi Party leader and minority affairs minister Azam Khan has demanded ban on the sale of beef in five star hotels. Azam Khan also demanded the ban on cow slaughter in the whole country particularly in north eastern states. He said the sale of all leather products prepared from the hide of the cow like belt, shoes, and purse should also be banned.
In a statement issued here on Sunday Azam Khan said RsRsthose unwilling to comply with the ban order be punished under the provisions of cow slaughter prevention law’’.
Azam Khan said RsRsit’s the responsibility of all Gau Bhakts that if any five star hotel includes beef in its menu then it should be demolished in the same manner as the babri mosque was demolished’’. He said the cow should be respected and protected across the nation from Kashmir to Kanya Kumari.