The bill provides for the prohibition of all forms of livestock slaughter and severe punishment for offenders.
Meanwhile, the BJP-led government in Karnataka passed the Karnataka Livestock Preservation and Killing Prevention Act (2020) in the Assembly on December 9 amid strong opposition from Congress and Janata Dal (Secular).
At the same time, the National Investigative Agency (NIA) on Thursday convicted three men of smuggling counterfeit notes from India (FICN) in Karnataka.
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