Today in Ahmedabad, in Bapunagar area one poster with slogan of “Show respect to cows as it is the leader of all bovines” has created sensation and controversy among various groups and getting political angle. The poster had photos of Gujarat Chief Minister Anandieben Patel and education minister Bhupendrasinh Chudasama, which conveyed that milk, ghee and butter has properties and its meat is the cause of several diseases’’. Poster with the Islamic icon of the crescent moon and star have come up in an Ahmedabad locality with a message from the Gauseva and Gauchar Vikas Board of the Gujarat government, quoting a verse it claims is from the Quran to back its case for the protection of the cow.
The poster appeared in Bapunagar area, greeting Muslims on the occasion of Janmashtami. The slogan on the poster “Akramul Bakra Fainaha Saiyedul Bahaima” .
Gujarat Congress sharply reacting on the issue said that BJP has now remebered cow because elections are approaching and have done politics of Hinduism. In such situation Home Minster should step down. Actually lot of business of cow meat is going on.