<div align="justify">In a strong statement amidst the raging controversy over beef and gau-rakshas, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Friday said that “everyone has the right to eat beef” and no one should take law into their own hands.<br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too have expressed concern over the growing incidents of violence by gau-rakshas, Athawale told reporters in Mumbai.<br /><br />The RPI president who heads a faction named after him said that the law of the land needs to be respected.<br /><br />“Everybody in the country has a right to eat beef. The gau-rakshas have the right to lodge a police complaint... However, they don’t have the authority to take the law into their hands and beat or lynch anybody..they are not above law,” he said.<br /></div>
<div align="justify">In a strong statement amidst the raging controversy over beef and gau-rakshas, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Ramdas Athawale on Friday said that “everyone has the right to eat beef” and no one should take law into their own hands.<br /><br />Prime Minister Narendra Modi, too have expressed concern over the growing incidents of violence by gau-rakshas, Athawale told reporters in Mumbai.<br /><br />The RPI president who heads a faction named after him said that the law of the land needs to be respected.<br /><br />“Everybody in the country has a right to eat beef. The gau-rakshas have the right to lodge a police complaint... However, they don’t have the authority to take the law into their hands and beat or lynch anybody..they are not above law,” he said.<br /></div>
