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.
A lower court on Monday sent Kamal Medhi to jail after he was produced before it in connection with a fresh case against him.Amid tight security, police produced the KMSS general secretary before the Kamrup Chief Judicial magistrate on Tuesday where he was remanded to judicial custody.He was produced before the court in connection with a fresh case registered against him in Bharalumukh police station.On the other hand, police have yet to got Medhi in their remand in connection with the Pranab Boro self immolation case. The Gauhati High court is considering a petition from police seeking Medhi in their custody.
A string of violence seems to have marred the statewide Assam bandh on Tuesday.Called by a number of non Bodo organizations in protest against the bloodbath in BTAD, the bandh evoked mixed response.Bandh supporters in many places are on the streets to enforce the call from 6 in the morning. A section of these supporters pelted stones at passenger buses, shops and markets.Several bandh supporters were thrashed by police when they attacked a passenger at Sonaribari area near Samoguri in the morning.Bandh supporters in Nalbari damaged several vehicles at Borkhetri in Nalbari. Some of them burnt tyres on the streets to block the movement of traffic on Tuesday.Bandh supporters in Tezpur damaged...
A high level NIA team is on a stock-taking visit to the BTAD areas on Tuesday.Led by an additional director general, the team of top ranked officials is visiting the trouble torn area in BTAD to assess the ground situation.After collecting the initial inputs from the civil and army officials deployed in the BTAD areas, the NIA officials would leave back for New Delhi to formally register the cases.The team gathered some initial inputs after holding separate meeting with chief secretary JS Khosla and DGP Khagen Sarma.The ADG review the inputs after his tour in BTAD areas on Tuesday.NIA on Friday agreed to probe the cases of BTAD violence after the chief minister recommended the probe./
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In a bizarre incident, local residents in an interior area in Dhubri district lynched a miscreant on its way to attack a political leader.The incident took place at Patakata in South Samara sub division on Monday morning where local residents caught three armed youths as they were trying to attack a local leader.One of the armed youths died on the spot while two others, who are in police custody, have been battling for life in the hospital.
A four member is on a stock-taking visit to the BTAD areas on Monday.Consisting of top ranked officials of the investigation agency, the team is set to tour the entire trouble torn spots in BTAD areas to assess the ground situation.The agency would broaden the ambit of the probe in the later stage. After collecting the initial inputs from the civil and army officials deployed in the BTAD areas, the NIA officials would leave back for New Delhi.NIA on Friday agreed to probe the cases of BTAD violence after the chief minister recommended the probe./
Senior BJP leader Yashwant Sinha said on Monday that the move for allowing arms to the villagers in the name of self defence would result in a disaster.Talking to reporters in New Delhi, the former Union finance minister said that infusion of arms among the villagers would create nothing but civil war.He further said that the government has been failing to firmly deal with the situation and that’s why, it is a move to surrender before the trouble mongers by allowing arms among the villagers.
The Assam Government will not allow any arms for the BTAD villagers. This was what chief minister Tarun Gogoi told reporters in Dispur on Monday.Talking to reporter, Gogoi said that he has already rejected a proposal he received on Sunday for allowing arms to villagers in BTAD areas to face the miscreants.Forest minister who has been closely monitoring the situation proposed arms among the villagers in some BTAD areas for self defence. /
Caught in a barrage of criticism, Chief minister on Monday ordered a judicial probe into the BTAD violence.Gogoi has asked Chief Secretary JS Khosla to proceed for setting up a commission of a judge to probe the allegations of lapses resulting in the violence where 36 people were killed in three days.According to Gogoi, NIA would indict the culprits while the judicial commission will study the allegations of inaction and lapses.
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