Maneka Gandhi gets Rs 100-crore notice for ‘ISKCON sells cows to butchers’ remark
NEW DELHI,SEPT 29 : The International Society for Krishna Consciousness (Iskcon) has sent a Rs 100 crore defamation notice to BJP MP Maneka Gandhi over her statement that the religious organisation sells cows to butchers for slaughter. The Iskcon has termed her allegations “completely unfounded” and said the devotees were “deeply pained” by the remarks.
“Today we have sent a Rs 100 crore defamation notice to Maneka Gandhi for levelling completely unfounded allegations against Iskcon. The worldwide community of Iskcon devotees, supporters, and well-wishers are deeply pained by these defamatory, slanderous, and malicious accusations. We will not leave any stone unturned in our pursuit of justice against the fallacious propaganda against Iskcon,” Vice President of Iskcon Kolkata, Radharaman Das, said.
He further said, “Maneka Gandhi speaks about the Anandapur Gaushala, what is strikingly interesting is that our bhakhts and members have not seen her visit that particular gaushala.”
“How can she without going to the place speak of that place?” he added.
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He also emphasised that many BJP leaders and leaders cutting party lines have condemned her statement and said that in seven days, she has to reply to their notice, adding, “if she doesn’t apologise, the defamation suit will be filed worth Rs 100 crore.”
Days ago, a video of Gandhi went viral in which she could be heard saying that Iskcon is the “biggest cheat in the country, which sells cows from its gaushalas (cowsheds) to butchers.”
She accused Iskcon of establishing Goushalas and earning “unlimited benefits” from the government in the form of vast lands.
The BJP MP further charged that she recently visited an Iskcon Gaushala in Andhra Pradesh and did not find “even a single cow in good condition there”. “There were no calves in the Gaushala, which means all of them were sold off,” Gandhi alleged.
These allegations were strongly refuted by Iskcon which called them “unsubstantiated and false”.
-The India Today
