Cattle on roads, in courts in Gujarat as fund-less shelters let them loose | Political Pulse News,The Indian Express
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Amid calls to boycott the ruling BJP in the coming Gujarat Assembly elections, videos went viral of cows in thousands entering government buildings like offices of the sub-divisional magistrate and courts, in the talukas of Banaskantha.
On Friday, cattle were let loose on the streets in the north Gujarat districts of Banaskantha and Patan. In Kutch, on Sunday, those running the shelters handed over keys to the government, saying they would not vote for the BJP in the elections.
Organisations The Indian Express spoke with said from Monday, similar agitations will be seen in the remaining Saurashtra and central districts of Gujarat.
They also claimed that while many cows are still on the roads and on government premises, a few have returned. The Gujarat Gau Seva Sangh, a conglomerate of several such cow shelters that house sick cattle or those which are past milking age, claimed almost 70 people from the three districts had been detained briefly over the protests.
Sources said worried BJP leaders from Banaskantha have reached Gandhinagar to discuss the issue with the state government.
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