Lucknow, Jun 10: The Uttar Pradesh cabinet approved the UP Prevention of Cow Slaughter (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020 on Tuesday, Additional Chief Secretary, Home and Information, Awanish Awasthi said.

The ordinance seeks to stop the incidents of crime related to cow slaughter and was enacted as the state legislature is not in session, he added. UP CM Yogi Adityanath, BJP MP Manoj Tiwari & Other Political Leaders Offer Prayers as Religious Places Open Today, View Pics.

It aims to make the existing law more organised and effective, and completely stop cow slaughter in the state, the Uttar Pradesh government said in a statement issued here.

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