To

       Shri Narender Damodar Dass Modi,

       Hon’ble Prime Minister of India,

       7, Race Course, New Delhi

SUBJECT:TO ENACT A LEGISLATURE FOR TOTAL BAN ON COW SLAUGHTERING, TO STOP OPERATION OF RUNNING SLAUGHTER HOUSES AND CRUEL TREATMENT TO COWS AND OPENING OF GAU SADANS AT LEAST ONE IN A DISTRICT THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY, UNDER THE COTROL AND WITH EXPENSES OF CENTRAL GOVT., WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT FOR PROTECTION AND SAFETY OF COW.

Respected Prime Minister,

1.  I, like your goodself believe in Hindu Mythology. We are very much attached, devoted and concerned for the welfare, betterment and well being of cows in India. We have faith, sentiments and feelings of mother towards a Cow. However, unfortunately we have failed to stop slaughtering of cows in India, where majority of population is of Hindu culture and domain. Cow is our spiritual symbol like a mother, because of presence of so many vitamins and life saving medicines in her milk, urine and cow dung. We used to worship a cow. We also used to spare some meals as fodder of cows. There are also so much ‘Gau Shalas/Gau Sadans’ in almost each and every city and town in India, for maintenance, welfare and well being of cows.

2.  Services of cow has become a Dharma in India on account of her being symbol and mother of physical, mental and spiritual prosperity. It should be kept in mind that amelioration of cattle depends upon the growth of the man and vice versa. This is possible only when equilibrium is maintained in utilization of land and maintaining its fertility, growing of food grains and suitable fodder and cost of milk production and its economical disposal. There should be a balance in all the three.

3.  It seems that at present cow keeping has become a burdensome task in India. Cow has become a burden on her owner. Why will he protect her and food her well. When a cow becomes less useful on account of her old age or otherwise, unwanted dry cattle and undesirable progeny of the cow are slaughtered after fattening them for beef to avoid her becoming a burden to the owner.   

4.  It is an important duty of every one, whether he is an ordinary citizen, a business man, Government Servant or an officer, Gram Panchayat or Central Government, all of them must work and do their might for the cause of amelioration of the country. There are two important factors of this work. First is to rear adequately and affect improvement in the quality for useful and less useful cattle.  In doing this, we must keep in view the important fact that the man and the cow will progress together. One cannot be left behind the other.

5.  The man has become so selfish that he never pays any attention to grow fodder crops for cattle, inspite of the fact that they are reared for his benefit. The Government and the public shall have to take adequate steps to improve the availability of grasses found there to, enable ‘Go-Sadans’ to maintain the largest possible number of retired cattle. We must make a separate arrangement for growing of green fodder of suitable quality and in sufficient quantity and adopt stall feeding of cattle other than those sent to ‘Go-Sadans’.

6.  In  the art of cow-keeping or agriculture, both expert and official opinion has, it appears, resolved to look at the issue of our cattle wealth from the point of view of ‘returns’ alone. In the name of ‘practicalism’ it is questioning the validity of cow-keeping when buffalo and tractor can serve the desired purpose. But it is a commercial view which is no more tenable than that of the needlessness of ghee against flashy ‘vitamin’-ed vanaspati. Sentiment apart, scientific considerations show that neither cow and its son cannot be adequately replaced by any other animal or machine. An attempt is here made to discuss briefly the distinguished place of cow in our economy and its unrivalled position in our every day life.  

7.  If leading a pious and useful life is the way to reach God, surely this Go Mata was far more deserving of the great abode than many a creature called man. ‘Cow is nothing but human ’Krishana of yore discovered and touched this aspect of the cow and brought about a fundamental revolution in the life of his countrymen.

8.  Ours is a cow-centered economy according to ancient inheritance. It should remain a cow centered economy according to modern science.

9.  To serve and protect the cow is basic part of Indian Culture. To serve and protect the cow is of great importance even in our modern and religious traditions and being adopted ever since so many centuries and by our Spiritual Gurus.

10.              Cow is mother of Rudras, daughter of things, sister of Aditi sons, and Treasury of Dhritrupi Amrit [holy water]

11.              Due to cow slaughtering, earth takes its adverse, feels hurt and injure and natural calamities and adversities, such as earth quakes, bhu sakhalan, floods, cyclones etc. etc. used to take place thereby causing a lot of human causalities, substantial loss of natural and constructed properties, assets and privileges of life.     

12.              Cow is an important, most valuable and Kalyan Prad animal. Cow is main Kiran of God Surya. This wave is found only in the Gaume. Cow and earth are two cases of Gaume. Both are helpful and co-associate each other. In Maritu Lok basic power if earth and dev Lok basic power of Cow. No one else can exempt other than Earth and Cow in this world. In our holy books cow is predicted as ‘Sarvtirthmai’. To have a look at cow one has to see all the holy shrines and Devtas. To have a round of cow, and please Lords Brahspati, Vishnu and Inder.

13.              Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Rajender Prasad were also admirers and spiritually attached and concerned towards cow. Dr. Rajender Prasad stopped wearing leather shoes and was taking only cow products as his meals.     

14.              Unfortunately cows are slaughtered in a most cruel manner, first of all its legs are tied, boiled water is sprinkled on living cow and then put under cutter machines, but still no action is being taken against such slaughter houses. They are liable to be punished/treated like a ‘rare of rarest cases’ in case of murder of a human life.      

15.              In view of aforesaid facts and circumstances, it is appropriate and in the fitness of things that there should be at least one ‘GAU SADAN’ FOR PROTECTIONS AND MAITNENANCE OF COWS, MORE PARTICULARY THE OLD AND NON PROFITABLE COWS, in a District, throughout India, at the cost, expenses and supervision/control of Central Govt. of India.

16.              Though we are concerned and against slaughtering of pet animals, but we give preference to prevent slaughtering of cows, being like our mother and a spiritual animal, involving our natural feelings and sentiments in it.     

I am hopeful that you would appreciate the natural feelings and sentiments of majority of Hindu communities towards cow and would surely and definitely enact an legislative for absolutely prohibiting the cow slaughter in India, at all costs, and would respect such natural feelings and sentiments of masses of the country, for this cause you are also deeply concerned and devoted.

With due regards;

Yours sincerely

Yash Pal Sawhney