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BJP MLAs walk out from Raj Assembly over cattle smuggling

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Press Trust of India Jaipur
Last Updated : Aug 29 2013 | 9:40 PM IST
Protesting against organised cattle smuggling from fairs, opposition BJP legislators today staged a walk out from the Rajasthan Assembly demanding criminal cases against smugglers.
Raising the issue during zero hour, BJP member Kalicharan Saraf said, 27 trucks loaded with cattle were intercepted by people in Mansarovar area in the city on August 27 and police only registered cases under Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act and did not press criminal charges.
Chaotic scenes prevailed in the House for about 30 minutes as CPI(M) member Amraram accused BJP members for creating ruckus in the name of cattle.
The atmosphere got further charged with Congress and BJP members trading charges and Chief Whip Raghu Sharma terming the entire debate by BJP as "politically motivated".
BJP's Kiran Maheshwari called the Congress-led government at the Centre and in Rajasthan as "killer" and Leader of Opposition G C Kataria demanded a probe in the cattle smuggling issue.
As Minister of state for Home Virendra Beniwal urged opposition members not to emphasis the incident too much and avoid politics, Kataria and other BJP members raised slogans and walked out of the House.

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First Published: Aug 29 2013 | 9:40 PM IST

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