No beef ban in M’laya, asserts BJP

Shillong, Oct.20 (PTI): The BJP on Friday said there would not be any beef ban in Meghalaya and alleged that the Congress was “misleading” the people on the issue to gain political mileage ahead of the assembly elections next year. The Centre has not imposed any beef ban in Meghalaya, state BJP president Shibun Lyngdoh said, adding the May 23 notification only regulated the manner in which animal markets were supposed to function and how animals brought for trade were to be treated. BJP spokesperson J A Lyngdoh said in a statement that the party “has already clarified that it (beef ban) will not be imposed in the northeastern states. Livestock is a state subject. It is up to the states to decide”.