Out of resigned curiosity, I checked out THE election manifesto, what it actually said about abattoirs. At bullet point 2 related to animal husbandry, it says all illegal abattoirs will be shut down with utmost strictness and the Government will 'impose restrictions' on all mechanical abattoirs.
Now election manifestos are documents of intent, presented as a bouquet. Whether or not voters vote for a party specifically because of what it states in the manifesto, when voted to power, parties cherry-pick whatever suits them and calls it 'people's mandate'.
Presumably, the manual abattoirs are illegal. They had been thriving without pollution control measures and posing environmental hazards, with connivance of law enforcers. They should be shut down. Fair enough. But then any reasonable Government needs to give a show cause notice to the prima facie offenders, that they should close business by a given date if they do not comply with legal requirements. In fact, in a just system, the offenders also need to be given an opportunity to take appropriate licenses, by paying penalty. But no, the new State Government's agenda is striking at the meat industry itself, so there is no natural justice for anybody in the industry at all, not even the licensed mechanical abattoirs.
When mechanical abattoirs operate with a license, they need to abide by the conditions of the license. But to state in the manifesto that 'restrictions will be put on all mechanical abattoirs', is pushing an agenda of economically impoverishing sections of the citizentry and their food choices, as per certain calculated profiling, very unfortunate.
Though ostensibly, 'sab ka saath, sab ka vikas' is the motto, by deliberately attacking certain legitimate vocations and food habits, immediately within a week of change of Government, action is speaking louder than the words.
Now election manifestos are documents of intent, presented as a bouquet. Whether or not voters vote for a party specifically because of what it states in the manifesto, when voted to power, parties cherry-pick whatever suits them and calls it 'people's mandate'.
Presumably, the manual abattoirs are illegal. They had been thriving without pollution control measures and posing environmental hazards, with connivance of law enforcers. They should be shut down. Fair enough. But then any reasonable Government needs to give a show cause notice to the prima facie offenders, that they should close business by a given date if they do not comply with legal requirements. In fact, in a just system, the offenders also need to be given an opportunity to take appropriate licenses, by paying penalty. But no, the new State Government's agenda is striking at the meat industry itself, so there is no natural justice for anybody in the industry at all, not even the licensed mechanical abattoirs.
When mechanical abattoirs operate with a license, they need to abide by the conditions of the license. But to state in the manifesto that 'restrictions will be put on all mechanical abattoirs', is pushing an agenda of economically impoverishing sections of the citizentry and their food choices, as per certain calculated profiling, very unfortunate.
Though ostensibly, 'sab ka saath, sab ka vikas' is the motto, by deliberately attacking certain legitimate vocations and food habits, immediately within a week of change of Government, action is speaking louder than the words.
