(IN): Row over animal sacrifice for UPA

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*Row over animal sacrifice for UPA**

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*BY MANOJ ANAND*

 

Guwahati

 

July 28: Animal rights activists are up in arms against politicians for

sacrificing animals in Kamakhya temple, atop the Nilachal Hills in Guwahati.

 

The problem started after a Samajwadi Party MLA from Madhya Pradesh arrived

to perform a yagna to sacrifice 15 buffaloes and 400 goats.

 

The controversial MLA, Kishore Samrite, who says he performed this sacrifice

on behalf of his party president Mulayam Singh Yadav and general secretary

Amar Singh, told this newspaper: " I performed this yagna and sacrifice at

the Kamakhya temple with the consent of Mr Singh. After winning the trust

vote in the Parliament, we want to see our Netaji (Mulayam Singh Yadav) as

the Prime Minister of India in near future, so this special yagna has been

performed. "

 

The SP MLA, who is accompanied by other party leaders, including district

president Rajkumar Nageshwar, said: " The yagna and sacrifice started on last

Monday and will conclude on Wednesday. " If the Samajwadi Party MLA is to be

believed, the yagna and sacrifices were performed after Mr Amar Singh's wish

to win the trust motion in the Parliament was fulfilled.

 

According to temple sources, they intend to sacrifice 15 buffaloes out of

which six have been already sacrificed till Monday. They have also

sacrificed 242 goats so far.

 

The MLA is spending more than Rs 20 lakhs on this yagna, which has been

performed by a team of priests headed by Ranjit Sarma at the Kamakhya

temple.

 

 

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