It’s all about BEEF!

Following the recent ban on the consumption of Beef in some of the states of India like Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Chhattisgarh and Kashmir, one might believe that the RSS led BJP government has taken the above step in order to respect the belief of Hindu majority as cow is considered the sacred animal but little do we know that top exporters of beef in India are owned and controlled by none other than my majority Hindu brethren and not the minority Muslim community.

The general ideology behind beef consumption is that Muslim and Christian communities are the largest consumers of beef in India, which might actually be true also, however it is also true that the main slaughter houses across the country are owned by the Hindus .

Al Kabir, owned by Mr. Satish and Atul Sabharwal with its office located in Mumbai is one of the leading exporters of beef in India Mr. Sunil Kumar, owner of Arabian exports is also in the top list of beef exports.

M.K.R Frozen Food located in Delhi and PML Industries with its office in Chandigarh are next in the line.

In a study conducted by ummid.com, it was found that it is actually the government and non-Muslim groups who benefit the most from the animal slaughtering business of about 4.5 billion US dollar Some prominent names of the business are Arabian Export of Deepak Tijori, Al Kabeer Exports now run by Atul Subberwal, Al-Noor Export of Ajay Sud, Mahesh Jagadale and Co, Sujata Bones of MK Deore, Dode Industries, Fine Exports, SK Leather, Ramesh Juneja& Sons, Bharat Leather, Woodland, Raymonds, Datta Soap, BS International, Sixth Sense, Natural Craft, Bounty Fashion Export, Kochhar Brothers, Ravi Exports, Kalia International, and Hindustan Unilever Ltd. All of them are engaged in exporting and/or production of beef and the business of associated raw materials and products.

It was also found in the study that some of those associated with the trade have different names and identities for different countries and regions. Like, Al Kabeer is 'Samurai' in Japan, 'Falcon Foods' in the UK, and 'Tayebat Al Emarat' in the UAE. It also owns other brands like Tabarruk, Cascade and Coral Reef.

The study revealed that even the government incurs benefits from this trading business. The findings showed that the state atan average charges Rs.120 for every animal purchased and Rs.150 per animal as slaughtering fees. Surprisingly enough, in RSS bastion Nagpur alone, roughly around 1500-2000 animals were slaughtered every day before the government ban. In other parts of Maharashtra including Mumbai, Malegaon, Dhule, Aurangabad, Jalgaon, Nandurbar, Sholapur over 20,000 thousand animals were slaughtered every day.It was also stated that India became the largest exporter of beef in 2012 leaving behind Brazil.

The above study has put a big question mark on Union Minister, Manika Gandhi’sstatement that the amount made from the business of animal slaughter is used for terrorism.

Doesn’t it also put a question mark on the protests by the VHP and Bajrang Dal who demanded animal slaughter (beef, bullocks and calves) should be completely banned?

One of the ex-MLA of the ruling party, Nawab Singh, made a shocking comment on the Dadri lynching. He claimed that the boys who attacked the Muslim man ‘suspected’ of having beef were carried away and are innocent. 

 Is the value of human life even lesser than that of an animal? While one must respect all living forms, shouldn’t a man’s life and his will to decide and choose be accredited and accepted above all?

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Why don’t we see the agitation in the media on the above? Why do we consider the Bihar elections to be more significant over the life of a human being?

The daughter asking the officials whether her father would be back to life if the ‘suspected’ meat is not beef is sad indeed. A question we should be asking ourselves. What if it indeed was beef?