The newer trend of a
synonym to ‘Nationalism’ is being evolved and that is ‘Cow Vigilantism’.
Vigilantism as described by the dictionary is an unofficial way of maintaining
the ‘law and order’ but this frivolity has no room in a democratic system where
even the maintenance of ‘law and order’ is a prerogative of competent
authority. The very phenomenon of Cow Protection surfaced after an ‘alleged’ right
winged party came to power in 2014. Given the fact that the animal carries
religious importance attached to it, such hysteria and miniscule hype regarding
the animal can be considered and should definitely be heeded but the whole
phenomenon becomes threatening to the constitutional fabric when protection of
cow supersedes the constitutional guarantee of ‘Right To Live’.
We have got to draw a decisive line and ‘reverberate’ the fact no human is as
cheap as a mythological credo which is completely devoid of country’s
constitutional spirit. This very rationale argument presented above stands a
very faint chance of survival when two political parties with complete
different ideologies lock horns with each other. This political feud has
diminished the very essence of the cow protection and supposed ‘gau rakshak’
lunatics have gone on a rampage. Since every political action has an opposite and
greater reaction, the coming of left winged parties into play has only
contributed to an already existing morass. Even though constitution provides
the right to eat anything of our choice but the public staging of beef eating
or even as cruel as cow slaughter should be condemned in a most stern way
possible. It is apparent enough that the issue which essentially should have
been an animal rights movement has been fanned in the garb of religious
sentiments and ultimately reducing it to nothing more than a gimmick to gain
political mileage. Actual protection of cow can never be achieved without
keeping even the animals away from the politics likewise even the mutual harmony
cannot see the light of the day by intentionally instigating the majoritarian
sentiments.
