Varanasi: Former Chairman of Press Council of India and Retired Justice, Markandey Katju said that he eats beef and he don’t consider cow as mother as it is an animal like horse or dog. He also said that politicians are thieves and looters, they should be hanged.
Katju gave this statement before media immediately after landing at Lal Bahadur Shastri International Airport at Varanasi on Saturday morning. When asked about Dadri incident, he replied that the culprit who killed the innocent should be given harsh punishment. He also said that he eats beef and will continue to eat. He added that he eats beef but he is not forcing other to eat.
He claimed that the entire world eats beef and they are not fools or bad people. He also claimed that in Nagaland and Mizoram, people also consume beef and they cannot be forced not to eat. He said that cow is an animal like a dog or a horse and he doesn’t consider it as mother.
Katju further said that Dadri incident is a part of vote bank politics and politicians are fooling common people for political motives.