Mangaluru, Apr 5: Union Minister Maneka Gandhi today expressed concern about India being the world's largest beef exporter and reiterated that the money from illegal animal slaughter is being used for perpetrating acts of terrorism.
Addressing a press conference ahead of her scheduled special puja at Kukke Subrahmanya Temple on the outskirts of the city, the controversial leader called for a nationwide cow slaughter ban with immediate effect.
"We are the largest beef exporters in the world and also killing them for leather production. We are actually killing more animals than China, it is appalling!" the minister for Women and Child Development said.
Ms Gandhi also said that while members of one community sell its livestock, another slaughters it in their slaughter houses. However, she asked people not to link animal slaughter to a particular religion or community.
The minister called on NGOs, volunteers and civil society to join the 'save animals movement' and urged them to set up informer systems to sound an alarm to prevent cattle trafficking.
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