NEW DELHI – Muslims in West Bengal have been urged to avoid sacrificing cows on Eid-ul-Azha, following the strict enforcement of the state’s cow slaughter law by the newly elected Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) government. The state home department, now headed by Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari, issued a notification on May 13 citing the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950, and an August 2018 order by a Calcutta High Court division benc…
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