Kerala Congress Men Slaughter Calf at Event, Rahul Condemns Act

Police booked some Youth Congress activists who allegedly butchered a calf in public to protest against the Centre's ban on sale of cattle for slaughtering, as the incident drew flak from various quarters.

Kerala BJP President Kummanam Rajasekharan, who posted the gory video on Twitter, called it "cruelty at its peak".

Cruelty at its peak.Cattle slaughtering by Kerala Youth Congress leader in broad daylight,in front of public gathering. pic.twitter.com/4gBWUVDa1l

— KummanamRajasekharan (@Kummanam) May 27, 2017

He said no normal person can behave in this manner. CPI(M) MP MB Rajesh said the illogical form of protest should have been avoided and that it would only help the Sangh Parivar.

Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi took to Twitter to condemn the butchering of a calf in public allegedly by some Youth Congress members in Kerala to protest against the government's move to ban sale of cows for slaughter.

What happened in Kerala yesterday is thoughtless,barbaric& completely unacceptable to me &the Congress Party.I strongly condemn the incident

— Office of RG (@OfficeOfRG) May 28, 2017

Shashi Tharoor also backed his party vice-president’s view.

Agree strongly. One does not need to descend to that level to prove a point. Cruelty to animals is unacceptable for any reason in any case. https://t.co/1t4SFaLwFX

— Shashi Tharoor (@ShashiTharoor) May 28, 2017

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