BJP MLA Vikram Saini promises to break limbs for those who kill cows

The remarks come at a time when UP chief minister Aditya Nath Yogi has directed that the ban on cow smuggling be enforced and action taken against illegal abattoirs.

Bharatiya Janata Party MLA Vikram Saini for Khatauli in Muzaffarnagar while addressing a gathering said that he will break limbs of those who disrespect cows and engage in cow slaughter.

Vikram Saini said, "I promised to break limbs of people who disrespect and kill cows." Saini further said he will not spare even those who do not believe in cows being a 'mata' or those who refuse to say 'Vande Mataram' in India.

Vikram Saini is an accused in the Muzaffarnagar riots. He has been jailed for making inflammatory speeches during the 2013 Muzaffarnagar riots that killed more than 60 people.

Addressing crowd he said, "You understand law because I am not well-read." To the controversial comments made by Vikram Saini, BJP leader Suresh Rana said that Saini didn't mean to say that what has been interpreted. Rana said that all he meant was now that Yogi Adityanath's government is in power, no body will engage in crimes.

Since Adityanath took over roughly a week ago, a number of slaughterhouses have been shut and meat shops set on fire. The chief minister had made it clear that abattoirs operating legally will not be touched.

OneIndia News (With inputs from agencies)