Thiruvananthapuram | Bhartiya Janta Party (BJP) MLA Basangouda Patil Yatnal on Sunday sparked a controversy when he said that the floods in Kerala is a result of the large-scale cow slaughtering in the state.
Speaking to media, the MLA from Karnataka’s Vijayapura said, “Slaughtering cows is against the feelings of the Hindu community. One should not hurt the feelings of other religions. Now you see what happened to Kerala, they openly slaughtered cows and you see in less than one year they’ve come to this stage.” He further added that “Whoever hurts Hindu community’s feelings will be punished this way”.
Kerala is facing one of the worst floods in its history with the loss of 21,000 crores already been suffered by the state. More than 1 million people have been forced to stay in relief camps due to constant rains and flood like situation in the state. Chief Minister P Vijayan has appealed to the citizens of Kerala to stay āunited as oneā to tackle this difficult situation faced by the state.
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