Anti-cow slaughter campaign from Sept 28

Anti-cow slaughter campaign from Sept 28

BHUBANESWAR:(visakeo)- Biswa Mangal Go Gram Samiti would launch a 108 days national wide Yatra seeking complete ban on cow slaughtering and maximum funds for rural India.

Speaking at a Press meet here on Monday, Samiti State vice-president Dr Basanta Kumar Rath, Saint Pranarupananda Saraswati, coordinator Arnada Shankar Panigrahi and joint coordinator Ashok Padhi demanded national animal status for cow and asked the Centre as well as respective States Government to impose a complete ban on cow slaughtering.

A committee has been formed in the State. Justice Debapriya Mohapatra has been selected as chairman while Prafulla Das would remain as secretary, Arun Kumar Panda and Dr Basanta Rath as vice-president. Nirajan Nanda, NK Mishra and Deepak Rout have been elected as joint secretaries.

The Yatra, which will spread the message of 'save cow and save village' will be flagged off on September 28, 2009, on Vijaya Dashami Day at Kurukhetra in Hariyana and calumniated at Nagpur in 2010 on Makar Sankranti Day," they said. The Yatra would traverse some 20,000 kilometers.

Apart, from the main Yatra, 15,000 smaller Yatra including 150 in Orissa to traverse some 10 lakh kilometers during in 108 days while meetings will be held at 400 places across the country and signature of 50 crore people will be collected and submitted to the President of India seeking complete ban on cow slaughter.

The Yatra would stay in Orissa for four days from November 7 to 10. It will arrive at Rourkela on November 7 from Ranchi and reach Sambalpur on November 8 Cuttack on 9 and on 10, it will be at Berhampur and on 11, it would left for Visakhapatnam.