This has reference to the urged Prime Minister
Manmohan Singh to bring a Bill in the Parliament against cow-slaughter and
hoped that both the BJP and the Congress would support it.
In this context I would like to remind him and others tht the fate of cows and Hindus had been sealed even before getting Independence. It would be recalled that right since 1857 uprising, freedom fighters main Hindu grievance against the British rule was cow-slaughter So, when Independence was imminent, Hindu leaders and intellectuals of the time in large number represented to the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and the President of the Constituent Assembly, Dr. Rajendra Prasad to ban cow-slaughter as the first act of free Indian government. A delegation led by Maharaj Partap Singh (the Guru of Namdhari Sikhs) met Nehru to press for it. Dr. Rajendra Prasad himself wrote to Nehru In his long reply dated August 7, 1947, to Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Nehru wrote, “Nobody can possibly doubt the widespread Hindu sentiment in favour of cow protection. At the same time there is something slightly spurious about the present agitation The fact, however, remains that there is very strong Hindu feeling in this matter… There is also the additional fact that for economic reasons certain steps must be taken for stopping the slaughter of milch cows and of trying to improve the breed and condition of cattle With slight modification, this very language was later included in the Directive Principles, Article 48, of the Constitution). An interesting part of the matter is that the Muslim members said in the Constituent Assembly said that they had all respect for the religious sentiments of Hindus against cow slaughter and, therefore, banning cow-slaughter should be placed in the Fundamental Rights, not in the Directive Principles. They added that if the ban was sought on economic grounds, they were there to oppose it. The Congress members, who were in overwhelming majority followed Nehru s line and harped only on economic grounds
But, in the unique Gandhian style, Nehru added: India, in spite of its overwhelming Hindu population, is a composite country It does make a difference whether we try to think of India as a composite country or Hindu country. It should be remembered that the stoppage of cow slaughter means stopping non-Hindus from doing something which they might do You know how strong an advocate of cow protection Bapu is. Nevertheless, so far as I am aware, he is opposed to any compulsory stoppage of cow-slaughter. His chief reason, I believe, is that we must not function as a Hindu state but as a composite State in which Hindus, no doubt, predominate 65533; (Jawaharlal Nehrus Selected Works, 2nd Series, Vol.3, pp. 189-32).
Thus, Nehru, (supported by Gandhi), made clear that the fate of Hindus and their sentiments would be subordinate to the sweet will of the minorities, opposed to Hindus. It also clarified that, if Hindus want their way, they have to make India a Sindu State. The Congress and its governments have faithfully stuck to Nehru diktats on retaining India as a composite state. Incidentally, Nehru was honest enough to say in the same letter, I am a poor representative of many of our people today it might be better for a truer representative to take my place. That would do away with the unnaturalness and artificiality of the present position
An interesting part of the matter is that during the debate in the Constituent Assembly, the Muslim Members said they had all respect for the religious sentiment of Hindus against cow slaughter and, therefore, banning cow-slaughter should be placed in the Fundamental Rights, not in the Directive Principles. They added that if the ban was sought on economic grounds, they would oppose it tooth and nail. The Congress members, who were in overwhelming majority, toed the Gandhi-Nehru line and harped only on economic grounds.
The message is clear. Unless Hindus make India a Hindu State, there will be no ban on cow-slaughter nor a break in the multiplication of the rights of the minorities and their empowerment till India becomes an Islamic State, with some Christian States in the North-East and Khalistan in the North West.
In this context I would like to remind him and others tht the fate of cows and Hindus had been sealed even before getting Independence. It would be recalled that right since 1857 uprising, freedom fighters main Hindu grievance against the British rule was cow-slaughter So, when Independence was imminent, Hindu leaders and intellectuals of the time in large number represented to the Prime Minister, Jawaharlal Nehru and the President of the Constituent Assembly, Dr. Rajendra Prasad to ban cow-slaughter as the first act of free Indian government. A delegation led by Maharaj Partap Singh (the Guru of Namdhari Sikhs) met Nehru to press for it. Dr. Rajendra Prasad himself wrote to Nehru In his long reply dated August 7, 1947, to Dr. Rajendra Prasad, Nehru wrote, “Nobody can possibly doubt the widespread Hindu sentiment in favour of cow protection. At the same time there is something slightly spurious about the present agitation The fact, however, remains that there is very strong Hindu feeling in this matter… There is also the additional fact that for economic reasons certain steps must be taken for stopping the slaughter of milch cows and of trying to improve the breed and condition of cattle With slight modification, this very language was later included in the Directive Principles, Article 48, of the Constitution). An interesting part of the matter is that the Muslim members said in the Constituent Assembly said that they had all respect for the religious sentiments of Hindus against cow slaughter and, therefore, banning cow-slaughter should be placed in the Fundamental Rights, not in the Directive Principles. They added that if the ban was sought on economic grounds, they were there to oppose it. The Congress members, who were in overwhelming majority followed Nehru s line and harped only on economic grounds
But, in the unique Gandhian style, Nehru added: India, in spite of its overwhelming Hindu population, is a composite country It does make a difference whether we try to think of India as a composite country or Hindu country. It should be remembered that the stoppage of cow slaughter means stopping non-Hindus from doing something which they might do You know how strong an advocate of cow protection Bapu is. Nevertheless, so far as I am aware, he is opposed to any compulsory stoppage of cow-slaughter. His chief reason, I believe, is that we must not function as a Hindu state but as a composite State in which Hindus, no doubt, predominate 65533; (Jawaharlal Nehrus Selected Works, 2nd Series, Vol.3, pp. 189-32).
Thus, Nehru, (supported by Gandhi), made clear that the fate of Hindus and their sentiments would be subordinate to the sweet will of the minorities, opposed to Hindus. It also clarified that, if Hindus want their way, they have to make India a Sindu State. The Congress and its governments have faithfully stuck to Nehru diktats on retaining India as a composite state. Incidentally, Nehru was honest enough to say in the same letter, I am a poor representative of many of our people today it might be better for a truer representative to take my place. That would do away with the unnaturalness and artificiality of the present position
An interesting part of the matter is that during the debate in the Constituent Assembly, the Muslim Members said they had all respect for the religious sentiment of Hindus against cow slaughter and, therefore, banning cow-slaughter should be placed in the Fundamental Rights, not in the Directive Principles. They added that if the ban was sought on economic grounds, they would oppose it tooth and nail. The Congress members, who were in overwhelming majority, toed the Gandhi-Nehru line and harped only on economic grounds.
The message is clear. Unless Hindus make India a Hindu State, there will be no ban on cow-slaughter nor a break in the multiplication of the rights of the minorities and their empowerment till India becomes an Islamic State, with some Christian States in the North-East and Khalistan in the North West.
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