Overview
- The state notice issued May 13 requires a joint fitness certificate from a municipal chair or panchayat sabhapati and a government vet, allows slaughter only in sanctioned facilities, and bans public slaughter with penalties up to six months in jail or a Rs 1,000 fine.
- Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury, in a letter on Sunday, asked Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari to calm confusion by marking lawful sites in Murshidabad for customary practices linked to Eid al‑Adha.
- CPM state secretary Md Salim said overzealous enforcement and cow‑protection intimidation have led to cattle seizures, stalled markets, and harassment of traders, and he signaled the party will seek legal remedy.
- Some Muslim MLAs and Trinamool Congress legislators have turned to Congress and Left leaders to relay grievances to the chief minister, according to local political reporting.
- The guidelines permit slaughter only for animals over 14 years of age or those found permanently incapacitated, a bar that traders say could shrink supply and earnings for small vendors across communities unless the government issues clear local arrangements.