He recalled the chief minister’s earlier promise to build modern shelters and demanded immediate rescue of cattle dumped around the city.
Hyderabad: A senior Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader on Monday accused the Telangana government and local police of failing to curb the rise in cow killings across the state, singling out Hyderabad’s Old City as a hotspot.
Pagudakula Balaswamy, VHP’s Dharmaacharya Sampark Pramukh in Telangana, alleged that the ruling administration had prioritised vote‑bank politics over law enforcement and bowed to directives from the MIM, allowing attacks on cattle and intimidation of Hindu leaders to continue unchecked.
In a statement, Balaswamy claimed that MIM MLAs, corporators and other leaders were harassing police on main roads and that authorities had failed to take effective action. He said the police force had been “horrendously” ineffective in enforcing cow‑protection laws, accusing some officials of inaction even while cattle were being illegally transported and slaughtered.
Balaswamy urged Chief Minister A. Revanth Reddy and DGP C.V. Anand to personally intervene, implement cow‑protection measures and ensure animals were removed from streets and shifted to gaushalas. He recalled the chief minister’s earlier promise to build modern shelters and demanded immediate rescue of cattle dumped around the city.
The VHP leader also criticised the Congress for “pleasing Muslim voters at the expense of Hindu sentiments.” He alleged thousands of cattle had arrived in Old City streets ahead of Bakrid and that checkpoint posts set up across the state existed only on paper. He demanded police action to trace cows locked up at various locations, transfer them to gaushalas, and rein in MIM leaders allegedly intimidating law enforcement.
