Mira Bhayandar Passes BJP-Backed Resolution Banning Goats and Qurbani in Housing Societies
· India · Indian Express, The Hindu
The Mira Bhayandar Municipal Corporation passed a BJP-backed resolution prohibiting residents from keeping goats or conducting qurbani sacrifices inside homes, housing complexes, shops, and public places. Passed by a majority during a civic general body meeting, the measure responds to communal tensions and repeated neighborhood disputes over animals brought into residential premises ahead of festivals. Under the new rules, sacrifices are restricted to designated municipal locations, and unauthorized holding of sacrificial animals will face fines and criminal action. Opposition Congress corporator Anil Sawant criticized the blanket ban, arguing that housing societies should retain autonomy if all members grant unanimous consent. The report notes that neighboring Mumbai operates under a 2019 Bombay High Court interim order that bars slaughter inside individual residential flats while permitting community premises under specific guidelines.
Why it matters
Residents and housing societies in Mira Bhayandar face strict legal penalties for holding sacrificial animals outside municipal-designated zones during religious festivals.
Read the original report — Indian Express
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