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.
Lakhimpur Congress candidate Ranee Narah on Wednesday kickstarted poll campaign claiming that she has no nearest rival in the upcoming Lok Sabha polls.After arriving in Lakhimpur, thousands of party workers greeted her and started poll campaign. Talking to reporters, the Union minister said that she was confident of her victory as there is hardly any nearest rival for her in Lakhimpur.Narah left Guwahati only on Wednesday to kickstart the poll campaign. But the party legislators, mostly, were conspicuous by their absence in the campaign.
Tezpur Congress candidate Bhupen Bora on Wednesday filed nomination for the upcoming Lok Sabha polls slated for April 7.Accompanied by senior party leaders, Bora field his nomination papers before the returning officer at 11-30 in the morning in Tezpur.Before that Bora was taken in a procession participated by thousands of his supporters who said that Bora would win the polls with flying colours.
The Gauhati High Court on Wednesday rejected a petition seeking interim bail for Kamal Medhi after police booked him in the recent self immolation case in Dispur.A division bench of the court rejected the anticipatory bail plea when came up for hearing on Wednesday. The KMSS general secretary has been absconding from March 1 after police arrested Akhil Gogoi along with 6 others in the sensational case.The CJM court earlier rejected his interim bail plea when moved after Akhil Gogoi was remanded to judicial custody.
Despite stepped up vigil rhino poachers continue to strike in Kaziranga.Poachers have in this national park killed yet another rhino on Wednesday. The incident took place at Kohora range of the world heritage site where the carcass was found. With this, the number of rhino poaching cases has crossed 17 during the last two and a half months.
In a major relief for Akhil Gogoi, the Gauhati High Court on Wednesday granted bail to the KMSS president in the recent self immolation case in Dispur.Gogoi received the breather when the a division bench of the high court took up the bail petition moved after the CJM court rejected it and remanded Gogoi to judicial custody a couple of weeks ago.But Gogoi would not be able to come out of the jail as he has yet to procure bail in some other crucial cases.
Jorhat Congress candidate Bijoy Krishna Handique filed his nomination papers on Wednesday.Flanked by senior party leaders, the fourth time MP filed his nomination before the returning officer at 11-30 in the morning.Earlier, Congress workers took Handique to the DC office premises in Jorhat with a procession.
Akhil Gogoi will have to spend in jail till March 28. The court of Kamrup Chief Judicial Magistrate has extended the KMSS president’s judicial custody for another period of 14 days after he was produced before the court on Wednesday.Earlier, amid tight security Gogoi was produced before the court of chief judicial magistrate in Guwahati on Wednesday nearly 20 days after he was arrested in connection with the self immolation case.
Koliaboir Congress candidate Gaurab Gogoi field his nomination papers before the returning officer in Nagaon on Wednesday.Accompanied by forest minister Rockybul Hussian, food and civil supply minister Dr Nazrul Hussain, PWD minister Ajanta Neog along with thousands of his supporters, the chief minister’s son filed his papers at 11-30 in the morning.Earlier, Gogoi along with his wife Elizabeth Callburn and mother Dolly Gogoi were taken to the Nagaon DC office premises at a specially decorated vehicle from the Rajib Bhawan.
Narendra Modi will visit Assam only on March 30 in in lieu of March 27----decided earlier.During his day long visit, the BJP’s prime ministerial candidate is scheduled to hold three poll rallies—one each in Jorhat, Dibrugarh and Lakhimpur.Modi has no schedule this time in Guwahati and Silchar a month after he held two different rallies.
KMSS seems to have intensified protest against Akhil Gogoi after police arrested the peasant body president in connection with the Dispur self immolation case.Hundreds of KMSS activists thronged Dighalipukhuri in Guwahati early in the morning on Wednesday and started staging dharna demanding immediate release of Gogoi apart from land patta for the landless lot.Police flogged a section of KMSS activists when they staged dharna at the CJM court premises when Gogoi was brought to be produced before the court.
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