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.
Suspected NDFB-S militants shot at a local businessman in Kokrajhar district on Monday.According to information, identified as Babu Ali, the local businessman in Kajigaon was shot at by three motorcycle armed youths in the evening on his way back to home.Police rushed to the spot. But by then, the militants managed to flee from the spot. The injured businessman was rushed to the hospital.
Beware rhino poachers. Poachers’ movement could be dangerous in Kaziranga National park. The world heritage site is fitted with electronic eyes to monitor the movement of rhino poachers.Forest minister Rockybul Hussian laid the foundation stone of the project at a function in Kaziranga on Monday.Initially, Kaziranga will get 8 such towers to scan the movement of poachers. More towers are in the pipeline. Notably, poachers have killed 6 rhinos during the last two months alone.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is coming to the state on February 25.APCC leaders told Assam Times that during his two days visit, Gandhi is scheduled to meet the senior journalists and intellectuals at Sarusajai Indoor Stadium.This is apart from his huge rally on women and youth empowerment, meeting with women Congress workers in Jorhat and a road show from Tezpur to Nagaon.
A section of city buses seem to have turned into street killer.A speeding city bus crushed to death a biker in Guwahati on Monday sending shock and anger in the city.The incident took place at Survey area in Beltola in the afternoon when the city bus rammed into the bike leaving the biker on the spot.The deceased was identified as Ranjit Kumar. Eyewitness told Assam Times that it is simply because of the speeding bus. A case has been registered in Dispur police station.
Yet another death seems to have rattled ULFA camp these days.This time the deceased is Tenzing Asom, the eastern commander of the banned insurgent outfit who died of cerebral malaria.In a message to the media on Monday, the outfit said that he died of cerebral malaria on February 14.
Dams in Arunachal Pradesh are likely to brew no less danger for the downstream areas of Assam. This is what the sensational revelation with Central Water Commission. According to the commission, more than half of the dams in the hilly state could be responsible for flood hazards in the downstream districts of Assam like Lakhimpur and Dhemaji.
In a major development in the state’s political scenario, an senior AASU leader has quit the organization to join BJP.According to confirmation, AASU’s assistant general secretary Rituparna Baruah has put on his papers before general secretary Tapan Kumar Gogoi on Monday.Baruah, the close friend of Sarbananda Sonowal is all set to join BJP on Tuesday. Moreover, the party is likely to field him in Dibrugarh in the upcoming Lok Sabha poll.Baruah is the second senior AASU leader to have joined the BJP after Sonowal who is set to be BJP candidate from Lakhimpur.
In a disturbing news that sends shock and anger among the north eastern people in New Delhi, a local kangaroo court in the capital region has warned the people of the region of dire consequences if they fail to quit reas by the next three months.According to allegations, Munrika kangaroo court has warned the various landlords in New Delhi and the national capital region not to give any north east people on rent.
Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi finally has confirmed his visit on February 25 and 26 to Assam to woo the voters.During his two days visit, Gandhi is scheduled to hold a road show from Tezpur to Nagaon. Apart the huge rally on youth and women empowerment, Gandhi is scheduled to meet the women Congress leaders and activists.
Assam Congress is gearing up for the women and youth empowerment rally in Guwahati slated for February 25.Senior party leaders at a meeting in Koinadhora on Sunday night resolved to make it a huge rally to counter the BJP rally attended by Narendra Modi.The meeting decided to ensure participation of more than 2 lakh people from across the state on that day.Much to their relief, Congress vice president Rahul Gandhi is understood to have agreed to attend the rally on February 25.
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