Manipur Congress on May 28 said Centre’s ban on sale of cattle for slaughtering was a direct attack on Christians and Muslims. The ban of cattle slaughter was against Muslims and Christians and a challenge to the two communities by the BJP-led NDA government at the Centre, said Congress spokesperson and sitting MLA Md Fajur Rehman.
Addressing a news conference at Imphal Congress Bhavan, the spokesperson alleged that the recent move of the Central government has insulted secularism of the country.
He said that India as a secular country has now been put at stake by a “dictator government.”
“Congress will fight tooth and nail the challenge in the fore of the minority Muslims and Chri-stians,” the Muslim leader said. Alleging that BJP as a commu-nal minded party is infusing communal venom among the different communities, particu-larly among the minority co-mmunities, the Congress spokesperson called upon the people to join hands with the Congress in rooting out such party from the soil of the state.
Former deputy mayor of Imphal Municipal Corporation (IMC) Meibon Phaomei who also attended the news conference alleged that the latest move of the Central government once again showed anti-Christian activities which the BJP has been indulging across the country.
