BJP MLA urges eco-friendly Bakrid ‘Cut goat-shaped cake instead killing animal’

Uttar Pradesh Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Loni MLA Nand Kishor Gurjar has appealed to the Muslim community to cut cake instead of slaughtering goats on the occasion of Bakrid.

“I appealed to the brothers from the Muslim community to celebrate Bakrid in an eco-friendly manner by cutting a goat shaped cake instead of killing an animal,” he said in a video statement.

On June 1, the BJP MLA wrote a letter to the Ghaziabad police seeking a ban on animal



slaughter and operations of meat shops near Hindon Airport, citing “bird strikes to aircrafts and communal harmony issues.”

In his letter, the BJP MLA said that the Hindon airport is located near the Air Force base, which comes under the aircraft ordinance.

“Under the ordinance, the slaughter of animals, the operation of meat shops, slaughterhouses, and the collection of bones is prohibited. Doing this comes under the category of treason,” his letter read.