Siddaramaiah admits he eats ‘cattle meat’, rants towards Cong leaders

Senior Congress chief and former Karnataka Chief Minister Siddaramaiah admitted on Monday that he ate ‘cattle meat’. His feedback got here in the course of the Congress Foundation Day occasion and he didn’t spare his personal get together males both who he claimed have been afraid to talk out because of backlash.
Siddaramaiah stated, “I had once said in the assembly that I eat cattle meat, who are you to ask?-It is my right, food habit is my right, who are you to question? If you don’t eat, leave it, I’m not going to force you. I eat because I like, who are you to ask? Do you need the courage to say this?”
“…our people stay quiet creating a feeling that what others are saying is right. You should come out of such confusions, please,” he stated referring to the anti-cow slaughter invoice that was handed by the Karnataka authorities. “Where will the farmer send aged cattle like cows, buffaloes, he said, pointing out that taking care of a cow or a buffalo costs about Rs 100 per day. Who will give that money? Farmers too worship cows,” he said.
In 2015, Siddaramaiah had made comparable feedback. He had stated, “I have not eaten go-maamsa (cow-meat) until today, (but) who are you to ask me whether I have or not?” Recently, Siddaramaiah, who additionally occurs to be the chief of the Opposition within the Karnataka Assembly, had expressed regrets for his feedback that Kodavas eat beef for which he obtained a number of flak. He stated that he has a number of respect for Kodavas and their tradition.
On December 9, Karnataka turned the twentieth state to fully ban cow slaughter within the state. Anyone who indulges in unlawful slaughter or transportation of cows will probably be punished for a jail time period of as much as 7 years. Interestingly, the feedback by the senior Congress chief got here on the day that the Karnataka cabinet handed an ordinance to present impact to the invoice that continues to be to be handed by the Legislative Council.