BSP govt issuing new slaughter house licences: BJP

Alleging that the BSP government was issuing new slaughter house licences, the BJP today said as a result the population of cattle and livestock has "come down drastically" in Uttar Pradesh.
    
"The state government has done some deal with slaughter house owners and is issuing new licences due to which the population of livestock in the state has come down drastically. Cows are being illegally slaughtered," BJP spokesperson and MLC Hriday Narain Dixit told reporters here yesterday.
    
Due to appeasement policy of BSP, no action has been taken against those slaughtering cows, he alleged.
    
"Though slaughtering of cow is banned and the animal is worshipped by Hindus, the menace of cow slaughtering has increased in the BSP regime," he said, adding that the party would protest issuance of new licenses to slaughter houses.