The beef ban and there following protests against it have deeply rattled off the law and order in the country over the past few weeks. The situation worsened with the killings of a man in Dadri for allegedly eating beef and the following revenge attacks by the anti-social elements.
While several liberals and religious heads protested against the beef ban by organizing beef food festivals, right wing Hindu groups have been vehemently voicing support for the ban. Recently, Karnataka CM Siddaramaiah of the ruling Congress party said that “no one could stop him from eating beef.”
The CM’s comments sparked off a huge protests in the state and today, a BJP leader SN Channabasappa said that the CM was behaving like a dictator. The leader then went on to say, “Let him eat beef at Gopi Circle in Shivamogga. If he does so, he will be beheaded. We won’t think twice about that. We have all grown up drinking cow’s milk,” said Channabasappa, alleging that the CM has hurt Hindu sentiments.