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Jallikattu: Will the sport be played this year?
The ordinance route is nothing new since the Union government had attempted to work around the ban order by the SC by passing an ordinance in 2016 as well.
With Pongal festivities less than a week away, Jallikattu (taming the bull) is back in the news. Despite a Supreme Court ban, the Tamil Nadu government has sought the Central government's intervention to allow the sport by passing an ordinance. Tamil Nadu Chief Minister O Panneerselvam had written to the prime minister about the urgent need to pass an ordinance that would allow the sport. A similar request was made when J Jayalalithaa was the chief minister of Tamil Nadu in 2016.
The ordinance route is nothing new since the Union government had attempted to work around the ban order by the SC by passing an ordinance in 2016 as well. The government had passed an ordinance on January 7, 2016 exempting bulls from the list of performing animals under prevention of cruelty to animals act. The move did very little to help Tamil Nadu in going ahead with Jallikattu since the Supreme Court stayed the ordinance after it was passed. The SC even rapped the Central government for negating its order and the Tamil Nadu government for not adhering to its order of staying Jallikattu.
Ordinance only after SC verdict, says BJP MP
The lone BJP MP from Tamil Nadu, Pon Radhakrishnan on Tuesday said that it was unlikely for the government to pass an ordinance to allow Jallikattu this year. Speaking to the media, the minister in his personal capacity said that the government is likely to exempt bulls from list of performing animals only after the SC gives its final verdict on a petition filed before it seeking a ban on Jallikattu.
The
SC
had
banned
the
sport
in
Tamil
Nadu
on
May
7,
2014
following
severe
backlash
from
animal
rights
activists.
However,
the
ministry
of
environment
and
forests
allowed
the
sport
to
continue
under
certain
conditions
thereby
ending
the
ban
on
January
8,
2016.
But
the
apex
court
issued
a
stay
on
the
sport
on
January
12,
2016,
after
hearing
petitions
by
the
Animal
Welfare
Board
of
India
and
then
refused
to
lift
the
stay.
The
SCt
had
even
rejected
a
review
petition
filed
by
Tamil
Nadu
over
its
order
banning
the
'traditional
sport' of
Jallikattu.
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