"Huge cry from cattle traders:" CPI(M) MP Bikashranjan Bhattacharyya flags concerns over enforcement of 1950 West Bengal Animal Slaughter Act
May 22, 2026
CPI(M) MP Bikashranjan Bhattacharyya on Friday flagged concerns over the state government's new notification enforcing the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950, asserting that the move will adversely impact the livelihoods of cattle traders and emphasised that a significant number of these traders belong to the Hindu community.