Mumbai, June 3 -- Samajwadi Party MLA Rais Shaikh said on Tuesday that the State Goseva Commission's letter to Agricultural Produce Market Committees (APMCs), directing the closure of cattle markets across the state from June three to June eight in view of Bakri Eid, is being withdrawn after a request was made to Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis.
He said that in this regard a written demand was made by his party seeking to withdraw the letter as Bakri Eid will be celebrated across the country on June seven while cow slaughter is banned in the state as per the law. However, an illegal directive was issued through a letter dated May 27, ordering the closure of cattle markets across the state under the pretext of cow slaughter. Th...