A week after the mayor of Meerut asked all corporators to either sing Vande Mataram or leave the country, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Councillors at the Allahabad Nagar Nigam on Thursday demanded a new rule, under which the house proceedings would start with the national song Vande Matram and end with the national anthem Jana Gana Mana.

Some Councillors objected to the proposal that led to ruckus and disruption in the House.

Councillors in the opposition alleged that BJP Councillors are raising this demand because of the saffron party coming to power.

Earlier in the month, a similar row had broken out, wherein a group of Muslim Councilors had left the Meerut Municipal Corporation House as soon as other members started singing Vande Mataram.

A proposal was also put forth by Meerut Mayor Harikant Ahluwalia of the BJP, making it clear that any member opposing Vande Mataram will not be welcomed in the House.

He asked all corporators to either sing Vande Mataram or leave the country.&nbsp;

(ANI)

BJP councillors want Nagar Nigam proceedings to start with the singing of Vande Mataram, end with Jana Gana Mana

A week after the mayor of Meerut asked all corporators to either sing Vande Mataram or leave the country, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Councillors at the Allahabad Nagar Nigam on Thursday demanded a new rule, under which the house proceedings would start with the national song Vande Matram and end with the national anthem Jana Gana Mana. Some Councillors objected to the proposal that led to ruckus and disruption in the House. Councillors in the opposition alleged that BJP Councillors are raising this demand because of the saffron party coming to power. Earlier in the month, a similar row had broken out, wherein a group of Muslim Councilors had left the Meerut Municipal Corporation House as soon as other members started singing Vande Mataram. A proposal was also put forth by Meerut Mayor Harikant Ahluwalia of the BJP, making it clear that any member opposing Vande Mataram will not be welcomed in the House. He asked all corporators to either sing Vande Mataram or leave the country. (ANI)

After Meerut, Vande Mataram row now brews in Allahabad

The Allahabad high court has stayed the arrest of five of six members of Mohammad Akhlaq&#39;s family. Akhlaq had been beaten to death by a mob in the village of Dadri in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh because he was thought to have eaten beef.&nbsp; 
 
Many Hindus in India think of the cow as sacred and the killing of cows is banned in a number of states.&nbsp; 
 
The court however refused to stay the arrest of Akhlaq&#39;s brother, saying he&nbsp;&quot;could have been involved in the alleged act alongside his deceased brother&quot;.&nbsp; 
 
The family had moved the Allahabad High Court against a recent lower court order that a police case be filed against them for storing and consuming beef under the Cow Slaughter Act. The lower court order came on the heels of a&nbsp;forensic report which said that the meat found inside Akhlaq&#39;s home was that &quot;of cow or its progeny&quot;. 
 
Maulana Amir Rahsadi Madni, national president of the Rashtriya Ulama Council, however&nbsp;alleged that the evidence in the infamous Dadri lynching had been &quot;tampered&quot; with and also raised questions over the conflicting Dadri and Mathura lab reports on the sample of meat sent for examination. 
 
&quot;First of all, the meat recovered was more than 150 metres away from Akhlaq&#39;s house,&quot; he said. 
 
The court order that a police case be filed against them came 10 days ago following a petition by a neighbour in Akhlaq&#39;s village Bisada. The petition was backed by the persons accused of Akhlaq&#39;s murder. In the petition, the neighbour has claimed that on September 26, Akhlaq and his son Danish were seen beating the calf. Later, the petition said, a villager saw Akhlaq holding down the calf while his brother killed it. 
 
(WION, this story first appeared on the DNA website)

The arrest of five of 6 members of the family has been stayed. But the court said his brother 'could have been involved in the alleged act'

The Allahabad high court has stayed the arrest of five of six members of Mohammad Akhlaq's family. Akhlaq had been beaten to death by a mob in the village of Dadri in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh because he was thought to have eaten beef. Many Hindus in India think of the cow as sacred and the killing of cows is banned in a number of states. The court however refused to stay the arrest of Akhlaq's brother, saying he "could have been involved in the alleged act alongside his deceased brother". The family had moved the Allahabad High Court against a recent lower court order that a police case be filed against them for storing and consuming beef under the Cow Slaughter Act. The lower court order came on the heels of a forensic report which said that the meat found inside Akhlaq's home was that "of cow or its progeny". Maulana Amir Rahsadi Madni, national president of the Rashtriya Ulama Council, however alleged that the evidence in the infamous Dadri lynching had been "tampered" with and also raised questions over the conflicting Dadri and Mathura lab reports on the sample of meat sent for examination. "First of all, the meat recovered was more than 150 metres away from Akhlaq's house," he said. The court order that a police case be filed against them came 10 days ago following a petition by a neighbour in Akhlaq's village Bisada. The petition was backed by the persons accused of Akhlaq's murder. In the petition, the neighbour has claimed that on September 26, Akhlaq and his son Danish were seen beating the calf. Later, the petition said, a villager saw Akhlaq holding down the calf while his brother killed it. (WION, this story first appeared on the DNA website)

India: Court stays arrest of family of man lynched on suspicion of eating beef

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