The Lok Sabha on Tuesday saw two interesting interventions by two members, one from the BJP and another from the Shiv Sena, which pertained to the treatment of animals.
Raising the issues when matters under Rule 377 were allowed, around 2 p.m. in the Lok Sabha, Sunil Kumar Soni, BJP MP from Raipur in Chhattisgarh, said that there was a need to rescind Section 28 of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act, 1960, which allowed killing of animals as part of religious observances.
He raised objections to the killing of animals such as goats, buffaloes and camels to mark religious observances, by untrained people and in an "extreme cruel manner".
