Eating cow meat "crime": Ramdev

September 17, 2015 19:09

Consuming cow meat in the name of scriptures such as Quran and Bible is an act of crime and amounts to "violence", yoga teacher Ramdev today said, demanding it be declared as the "national animal".

Ramdev's remarks come at a time when a controversy has erupted over a Jammu and Kashmir High Court order for enforcement of beef ban in the state.

The yoga guru said his demand should be considered from a scientific and not any religious point of view as "thousands of vareities" of cow breeds have been "destroyed" in the name of "genetic alteration".

"Few people who consume cow meat in the name of Quran and Bible are also committing violence. It's a crime. Don't use scriptures to justify your action as no holy book advocates violence. If killing humans amounts to violence, killing cow amounts to violence as well," he said.

Ramdev said cows hold a special place in India due to a host of factors that were societal, economic, religious and spiritual in nature. "If the government announces cow as the national animal it would be respecting all those ethos."

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