Meat traders support crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses; Yogi Adityanath assures action against officials harassing shop owners

A delegation of meat traders in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the actions against slaughterhouses in the state.

Author: Aadil Ikram Zaki Iqbal

Updated: March 30, 2017, 8:30 PM IST

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Lucknow, Mar 30: A delegation of meat traders in Uttar Pradesh on Thursday met Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath over the actions against slaughterhouses in the state. Meat traders supported Yogi Adityanath’s crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh, said Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh, after the meeting. The Uttar Pradesh Minister also said the CM Yogi Adityanath assured the meat traders’s delegation that action will be taken against officers harassing owners of legal abattoirs.

“All delegates supported Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath and said as citizens of India its our duty to see that nothing illegal is allowed,” said Siddharth Nath Singh, who was present at the meeting. “Yogi Adityanath assured delegation that serious action will be taken if any officer had acted against a legal slaughterhouse,” Singh told reporters.

All delegates (meat traders) supported CM & said as citizens of India its our duty to see that nothing illegal is allowed: SN Singh, UP Min pic.twitter.com/06NBSQBp5T

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 30, 2017

CM assured delegation that serious action will be taken if any officer had acted against a legal slaughterhouse: SN Singh,UP minister pic.twitter.com/ieykTqPtIz

— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 30, 2017

After meeting Yogi Adityanath, the delegation of meat traders also echoed the similar views and said the Chief Minister has assured no action will be taken against legal slaughterhouses. “Our meeting with CM yogi Adityanath was very successful. He assured us that licensed slaughterhouses will not be troubled,” said Sirajuddin Qureshi, Meat Exporter. “I appeal to the protesters to return to work and start working with a proper licence. Uttar Pradesh government will help you procure one,” he added.