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Group of IIT Madras students hold beef festival protesting central rule

| | May 29, 2017, at 08:10 pm
Chennai, May 29 (IBNS) : A group of students of IIT Madras participated in a "beef festival" in the institution premises on Sunday night protesting what they said "BJP's imposition of communal agenda on the masses," NDTV reported.

According to reports, the protesting students, belonging to the Progressive Students' Union of the IIT, also discussed the Central government's recent ban on sale of cattle for slaughter at cattle markets.

There is no ban on beef in Tamil Nadu.

The AIADMK government has not formally responded to the new notification from the Union Environment Ministry, which comes under the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and is applicable across India. Over the weekend, Chief Minister Edapadi Palaniswami said, "I can only respond after reading the full order. I cannot react to media reports".

The new Central rule that was made known in a notification is being opposed by few south states, including Kerala.

Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, saying the Centre's decision was intruding into the rights of states.

 

Image: www.iitm.ac.in

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