Exemption of buffaloes is in BJP's interest, says Mamata Banerjee

Tarakeswar: Chief minister Mamata Banerjee on Thursday renewed her attack on the Narendra Modi government, claiming that the Centre was now “planning to exempt buffaloes” from the ambit of its notification on cattle slaughter as “certain people close to the BJP” were “involved in the trade of its meat”. “Some people close to the BJP are involved in the buffalo meat trade and that is why, they (Centre) are planning to allow the slaughter of buffaloes,” she told a public meeting here. Criticising cow vigilantism, she claimed that even farmers were killed when found with the animals.