The Yogi government will project that it has opened 5,278 gaushalas in UP, where there are more than 5.86 lakh cattle. (File photo: PTI)
Many closed slaughterhouses had the capacity to kill 300-500 cattle a day, with the UP government asking people to tell how many cows were saved from slaughter.
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The Yogi Adityanath government’s ‘strong action’ against cow slaughter and smuggling is set to become a major poll issue of the BJP to impress voters in Uttar Pradesh that the Samajwadi Party has done nothing to check illegal activities.
This was a big election promise of the BJP in the 2017 elections. As per the details of the Uttar Pradesh government, since the Yogi Adityanath government came to power, more than 150 illegal slaughterhouses have been closed in the state and only 35 abattoirs are running.
Many closed slaughterhouses had the capacity to kill 300-500 cattle a day, with the UP government asking people to tell how many cows were saved from slaughter. The Yogi government will project that it has opened 5,278 gaushalas in the state, where there are more than 5.86 lakh cattle.
The government is also putting up data to show that in the last four and a half years, 1,823 accused involved in cow smuggling were booked, 319 of them arrested, 280 booked under the Gangster Act, 114 gangsters. A case was registered under the Act. The Goondas Act and 14 were also booked under the National Security Act (NSA) for the first time. The police have opened the history sheet of 156 accused keeping an eye on them all the time. Police say that his assets worth Rs 18 crore have been confiscated.
The Yogi government is also claiming that the Samajwadi Party government had allowed opening of more slaughterhouses under his rule and that cow smuggling was being done widely.
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