Holy cow!

While the Bill banning cow slaughter in Maharashtra, which got President Pranab Mukherjee's nod on Monday, has divided the opposition, Congress and the Nationalist Congress Party, it has also forced indignant beef eaters to vent their ire on social media. One of the first posts on the subject on Twitter used a popular advertising tag line to make a point: "In Maharashtra, all chicken, goats and sheep are currently thinking, why do gais [cows] have all the fun?". (Hero MotoCorp's scooter brand, Pleasure, uses the message 'Why should boys have all the fun?') Another Twitter user joked: "Now you can't say 'security is beefed up for...' in Maharashtra anymore!"