Animal sacrifice in Durga puja strikes no less shock and anger among many organizations and individuals across the state.
Dozens of buffalos and goats are being sacrificed in many temples in the name of Durga puja from Tuesday. A glimpse of the buffalos, goats, ducks and pigeons being kept for sacrifice at the historic Kamakhya temple premises really shocks the animal lovers. Same it is in many places where the same shocking tradition is allowed in Durga Puja.
“We are helpless. We have been dead opposed to the tradition of animal sacrifice. But the organizers have been refusing to read our campaign. This is a matter of grave concern,” said Shailen Saikia from Sivasagar district who has been campaigning againstanimal sacrifice.
Juli Chutia from Kakojan area in Jorhat told Assam Times that the people must understand the reality. “The things have undergone a sea change now. Everywhere change reigns supreme. But we don’t understand why we are still stick to this tradition. Our minds need to be changed.”
“It would take time to end the tradition of animal sacrifice. If 1000 buffalos and 5000 goats were sacrificed ten years ago, now 50 buffalos and 100 goats are being sacrificed,” said Pranjal Bora from Nagaon.
Bora who is running a non governmental organization told Assam Times over telephone that a massive campaign is the need of the hour againstanimal sacrifice which has yet to take place. “The campaign should have taken place at least 3 months before the commencement of the Durga puja. People from the nook and corner of the state should be aware of it. But I do hope that after 20 years the tradition of animal sacrifice would die down,” he said.
PermalinkSubmitted by amlesh on Wed, 21/10/2015 - 14:34
I think it is time to do away with animal sacrifice. It is a barbaric practise.It should stop both for hindu festivals as well as for other religions like for bakrid.
PermalinkSubmitted by Jaishankar Babu on Mon, 25/09/2017 - 13:38
About 150 years back it was a 'religious custom' in India to force widows to get burnt on their husband's funeral pyre (Sati) today we consider it a barbaric tradition. Similarly, years from now, our future generations will look back at us and call us barbaric.
A god who wants the blood of an innocent animal to satisfy him/her cannot be called a god. It can only be a devil/demon. Rather the people who sacrifice animals (be it Bakr Id or Durga Pooja) are devils who sully the name of their god with their crime of killing innocent animals.
Assam Congress president Anjan Dutta strongly criticized PB Acharya alleging that the governor has been behaving like a BJP leader.Speaking at a function at the state party headquarter in Guwahati on Friday, Dutta accused Acharya of trying to foment an orgy of communal riot in the state in the pre poll scene.Dutta criticized the governor a day after chief minister publicly tore apart Acharya for discussing political activities at the Raj Bhawan with a delegation of BJP leaders.
Nine Haj pilgrims from Assam sustained serious injury at the Mecca stamped on Thursday. Identified as Jahanur Begum, she as been battling for life at the Al Jadid Hospital. This was stated by the ministry of external affairs in New Delhi.Four other pilgrim hailing from Karimganj district are believed to have been battling for life at the hospital. Details are awaited.Our emergency Nos in Mecca : 00966125458000 00966125496000 Toll free number for pilgrims in Saudi Arabia : 8002477786— Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) September 24, 2015
Four persons from Assam sustained injury in the Saudi Arabian tragedy where nearly one thousand Haj pilgrims died in a stamped on Thursday. All the four persons are learnt to have hailed from Karimganj district who departed Assam in the first week of August. His family members have been in touch with the Saudi Arabian authorities. Details awaited.
At least 25 people who contested the last assembly and parliamentary polls in Nagaland, Tripura, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Manipur and Nagaland won’t be able to do it till 2017. The Election Commission has disqualified these candidates for not submitting the details of their expenditures when they contested the last polls. The country’s poll panel has disqualified 3 candidates in Arunachal Pradesh. They are Koruna Morang, Geli Ete and Bote Yuto who have been barred from contesting the polls till 2017. They are apart from 3 other candidates from Meghalaya to have faced the stern action. They are namely Sofior Rahman, Pyndapborthiaw Saibon, Teiborlang Pathaw while M. Lalmanzuala,...
Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi on Thursday called PB Acharya an RSS agent two days after the Assam Governor allegedly talked politics with a group of BJP leaders at the Raj Bhawan.Talking to reporters in the sidelines of a function in Guwahati, Gogoi said “the people are aware of it... he is behaving more like a Sangh (RSS) activist than a constitutional head of a state. We are going to send video footage of the speeches of the Governor to the President, Prime Minister and to the home minister and urge them to decide on his fate." The governor embroiled in controversy when he was talking to a delegation of BJP leaders at the Raj Bhawan on Tuesday triggering protest in Congress, AGP and AIUDF....
The Opposition Asom Gana Parishad has urged President Pranab Mukherjee to take action against PB Acharya alleging that the governor has turned the Raj Bhawan into a political hub.In a memorandum sent to the President, the regional party has asked his intervention into the controversial role of the governor. Talking to reporters in Guwahati on Thursday, AGP president Atul Bora said,” Acharya has made the Raj Bhavan into a BJP and RSS office and a training centre for the BJP and RSS, which is dangerous for democracy." Bora sharply criticised the governor hours after chief minister Tarun Gogoi raised the similar accusation against the governor.
The Asom Gana Parishad has asked for President Pranab Mukherjee’s intervention on the Centre’s move to impose non Muslim Bangladeshi and Pakistani nationals in Assam. Led by AGP leader and former chief minister Prafulla Kumar Mahanta, a delegation called on the President in New Delhi on Wednesday evening where they alleged that Assam will have to bear the brunt of the recent move. Talking to reporters in New Delhi, Mahanta said that the state will not remain silent if the Centre imposes anything. He said the Centre should ensure state rights over the natural resources.
There seems to be no dearth for the Assam Congressmen to hit the streets against the NDA government at the Centre. The Assam Pradesh Congress Committee will be on a state-wide stir on September 27 alleging failure to rein in the price of essential commodities. With the one hour long stir, Congress will snub the Centre for failing to implement the Food Security Act, 2013.APCC leaders told Assam Times that the UPA government at the Centre had adopted the Food Security Act to ensure supply of rice, atta and other essential items to the poor people at fair prices. But the NDA government at the Centre has not allowed the Assam government to implement this legislation.
Assam and Tripura communist parties will hit the street in protest against the deplorable road condition in both the north eastern states.The agitational programme will be launched at Luairpua in Karimganj on September 27 alleging that both Delhi has been doing precious little to uplift the roads. They will highlight the pathetic plight of the Assam-Tripura NH from Malidahar (Meghalaya) to Churaibari.
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