New Delhi, Aug 21: Terming government's "hasty retreat" in Lok Sabha on introduction of bill to ban cow slaughter as a "major reverse for the BJP", Congress today said it indicated that the party was "not sincere" in the matter and had brought the legislation "casually". The "hasty retreat ... Is a major reverse for the BJP as a great blow has been inflicted on it", Party Spokesman S Jaipal Reddy told reporters. He said the government's decision to defer introduction of the measure amid protests by some NDA partners showed that BJP was "not sincere" in the matter and had brought the legislation "casually".
Reddy said Congress was for such a ban, in principle, as the party respected the sentiments of every religion. Bureau Report