Five lakh participants signed the memorandum in the padyatra organized on Cow Samman Diwas.

East Singhbhum. On the occasion of Cow Samman Day, on Monday, a large number of people took out a padyatra under the leadership of Gau Samman Abhiyan Committee from the Bodhi Temple Ground in Sakchi and submitted a memorandum to the President, Prime Minister, Governor and Chief Minister through the Deputy Commissioner. In the memorandum, there was a demand to impose a complete ban on cow slaughter across the country, to give respect to mother cow as the mother of the nation or national idol and to implement a uniform law by forming a separate ministry at the central level for cow service.

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The program started in the morning at the Bodhi Temple grounds, where people associated with various social, religious and cultural organizations gathered. The people present collectively sang bhajan-kirtan of “Shri Ram Jai-Jai Ram”. After this, the devotees and supporters took out a march to the Deputy Commissioner's office singing hymns and submitted a memorandum there.

Gau Samman Abhiyan Committee said that signature campaign was being conducted across the country for the last three months. In this sequence, signatures of more than five lakh people have been collected from East Singhbhum district, which have been attached with the memorandum and the process of sending them to the concerned constitutional officials has been started.

Committee officials said that the campaign has received widespread support from all sections of the society, various organizations and common citizens. Expressing his gratitude to all the people who cooperated in the campaign, he said that this campaign of creating public awareness about cow protection and respect will continue in future also.