Animal sacrifice in Durga puja strikes no less shock and anger among many organizations and individuals across the state.
Dozens of buffalos and goats are being sacrificed in many temples in the name of Durga puja from Tuesday. A glimpse of the buffalos, goats, ducks and pigeons being kept for sacrifice at the historic Kamakhya temple premises really shocks the animal lovers. Same it is in many places where the same shocking tradition is allowed in Durga Puja.
“We are helpless. We have been dead opposed to the tradition of animal sacrifice. But the organizers have been refusing to read our campaign. This is a matter of grave concern,” said Shailen Saikia from Sivasagar district who has been campaigning againstanimal sacrifice.
Juli Chutia from Kakojan area in Jorhat told Assam Times that the people must understand the reality. “The things have undergone a sea change now. Everywhere change reigns supreme. But we don’t understand why we are still stick to this tradition. Our minds need to be changed.”
“It would take time to end the tradition of animal sacrifice. If 1000 buffalos and 5000 goats were sacrificed ten years ago, now 50 buffalos and 100 goats are being sacrificed,” said Pranjal Bora from Nagaon.
Bora who is running a non governmental organization told Assam Times over telephone that a massive campaign is the need of the hour againstanimal sacrifice which has yet to take place. “The campaign should have taken place at least 3 months before the commencement of the Durga puja. People from the nook and corner of the state should be aware of it. But I do hope that after 20 years the tradition of animal sacrifice would die down,” he said.
PermalinkSubmitted by amlesh on Wed, 21/10/2015 - 14:34
I think it is time to do away with animal sacrifice. It is a barbaric practise.It should stop both for hindu festivals as well as for other religions like for bakrid.
PermalinkSubmitted by Jaishankar Babu on Mon, 25/09/2017 - 13:38
About 150 years back it was a 'religious custom' in India to force widows to get burnt on their husband's funeral pyre (Sati) today we consider it a barbaric tradition. Similarly, years from now, our future generations will look back at us and call us barbaric.
A god who wants the blood of an innocent animal to satisfy him/her cannot be called a god. It can only be a devil/demon. Rather the people who sacrifice animals (be it Bakr Id or Durga Pooja) are devils who sully the name of their god with their crime of killing innocent animals.
In a bid to restore peace and normalcy in Golaghat district chief minister Tarun Gogoi is holding a meeting with a delegation of the seven organizations in Dispur on Friday. Facilitated by PWD minister Ajanta Neog, the AJYCP, KMSS and ATTSA representatives are attending the chief minister’s meeting at 12 noon.
Curfew reimposed in parts Golaghat on Friday after six hours of relaxation from 6 in the morning. People in the trouble torn district came out of their homes for shopping after three days of bandhs and blockades in the time of border flare up. Schools and colleges are remaining closed while the government offices registered hardly any attendance. Security forces are patrolling on the streets. Public places in the vulnerable pockets are being heavily guarded to prevent the gathering of people. If the situation continues to improve, the authorities are likely to relaxed curfew for 12 hours on Saturday morning.
A joint mechanism would be devised to defuse the Assam-Nagaland border tension. This was simple what Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju told reporters after meeting Chief Minister Tarun Gogoi and his Nagaland counterpart in Guwahati on Thursday. Before leaving for Golaghat, Rijiju said that the senior officials from both states will meet frequently at a designated place so that no lapses occur in future. The mechanism will be worked out as soon as possible. He further said that the government was looking to reinforce the central forces and that there is need to deploy more CRPF men along the border. According to the Union minister, the clash broke out because of lack of...
The AGP-sponsored 12 hour statewide bandh ended as soonas the clock struck 5 in the evening. Backed by atleast 13 organizations, the bandh was total to be marred by a few untoward incidents. Bandh supporters in many districts blocked the movement of vehicles by burning tyres while they vandalized many shops in some places. Shops and markets, schools and colleges, banks and offices remained closed under the impact of the bandh. In Guwahati, ASTC was running its buses causing immense inconvenience for the commuters. The bandh was called in protest against the police firing in Golaghat on Tuesday and Wednesday where three killed and several others sustained injury. //
At least five persons including a policeman sustained injury in Golaghat district in a fresh clash between security forces and protesters Thursday. The clash erupted in Numligharh when protestors in large number blocked the National Highway. A section of protesters threw stones at police vehicles forcing the security forces to resort to blank firing apart from bursting tear gas shells to disperse protesters. /
Tripura Chief Minister Manik Sarkar has appealed to Assam and Nagaland chief ministers to amicably settle the issue of border disturbance through dialogue. Talking to reporters in Guwahati after attending the north east chief minister’s meeting on Thursday, Sarkar said the presence of central force may be helpful in this regard. So presence of central force and effective intervention and management is needed from their the Centre’s side. According to him, the Assam and Nagaland chief ministers should persuade their people to think in a proper manner and sort out the differences.
The uneasy situation refuses to die down in Golaghat a day after three people were killed in clash with security forces. The Army is holding a flag march in violence hit areas to bring the situation under control a day after the administration clamped curfew in some sensitive pockets. People in many places thronged in thousands in protest against the police firing on Tuesday and Wednesday. In the tea garden areas, armed with bows and arrows a section bandh supporters blocked the roads.
The AGP-sponsored statewide bandh is total disrupting normal life on Thursday. AGP leaders and activists along with some other bandh supporters came out to the streets in many places. A section of the bandh supporters burnt tyres on the streets to block the vehicles. Shouting slogans, the protesters asked chief minister Tarun Gogoi to step down immediately owning moral responsibility for the border flare up. Our correspondents from Sivasagar, Jorhat, Dibrugarh, Tinsukia, Dhemaji, Lakhimpur, BTAD, Darrang, Nagaon, Barpeta, Dhubri have reported total bandh on Wednesday. Backed by 13 organizations, the AGP sponsored bandh will end at 5 in the evening.
What triggered the flare up along the Assam-Nagaland border in Golaghat district? The answer is bizarre if one go through the home ministry report. According to the report sent to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the entire shocking episode was triggered by a trifle and dispute between Salman Sama, an Adivasi farmer and a Naga person Ekon Lotha. Then it took an ethnic turn when the Adivasi National Liberation Army took the side of Salman while NSCN-IM and Khole Kitovi backed Lotha. But the situation was compounded by simmering protest by the so-called activists like Akhil Gogoi indirectly backed by a section of Congress leaders---opposed to Chief minister Tarun Gogoi. Violent protest...
The Centre is in a mood to relocate more forces to Golaghat district bordering Nagaland to defuse the escalating tension. These are apart from the existing 200 companies of central paramilitary forces already in the region. It further wants the 10,000 people displaced resettled under the protection of the central forces. The Central government also wants Nagaland to announce compensation equal to the Rs. 8 lakh each announced by the Assam government for all those killed in the ethnic clash.
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