Bengaluru: Amidst stiff opposition from Congress and Janata Dal-Secular (JD-S), the controversial Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Cattle Preservation (Amendment) Bill 2020 prohibiting slaughter of cows, buffaloes, and bulls below 13 years of age, was passed in the Karnataka Legislative Assembly yesterday.
As soon as Animal Husbandry Minister Prabhu Chauhan tabled the Bill, Opposition Leader Siddharamaiah opposed it tooth and nail contending that new Bill must not be tabled in the House without being discussed in Business Advisory Committee (BAC) meeting. The BAC has taken a decision that only those Bills for which ordinances have been passed, must be tabled. However, the State Government was hurriedly tabling the Bill.
