''SOMEWHERE WE HAVE TO DRAW A LINE FOR THIS 'MORALISTIC MADNESS' IN OUR SOCIETY''

Powerstar Pawan Kalyan in successive tweets has expressed his stance on Jallikattu (Kodipandem) which we produce below

“BAN on #'Jallikattu' & # 'Kodipandem' by Govt of India is an Attack on #Dravida  Culture and its integrity; this is how it is being viewed in Dakshin Hindustan. 1 had observed this 'deep hurt ' in people of 'Dakshin Bharat' while I was shooting in Pollachi (Tamilnadu) and during my political interactions in Andhra, about the Ban of their respective cultural events in recent times”.

“Govt of India, cited 'Animal Cruelty' as the reason for the ban of 'Jallikattu and Kodipandem' If we truly consider this puritanical approach then, we have to examine the statistics of #Indian Beef export & Indian Poultry industry”.

“India is the largest exporter of Beef in the world;2.4 million tonnes of Beef&Veal exported by India in 2015,where as Brazil and Australia could export only 2 And 1.5 million tonnes. And Beef exports fetches almost $5Billion with 14 percent growth rate every year. And interestingly,these top Beef exporting firms are owned by 'HINDUS' and not Muslims”.

“Imagine..How many Cows, Calves and Buffaloes should be slaughtered to get 2.4 million tonnes of Beef.How come this kind of slaughtering does not attract Animal Cruelty? just because we don't see it !! Why the Animal cruelty act applied only to #jallikattu, where the animals getting injured or killed is insignificant when compared to the amount of animals that had to be slaughtered for for business”.

“The same Animal cruelty act was applied to Ban #Kodipandem,which has a deep religious significance associated with Lord Kukkuteswara (form of Shiva who came as a Rooster to kill an asura called 'Gayasura')”

“#Kodipandem is the cultural identity of 'Andhras'; if the Central Govt is serious about enforcing 'Animal Cruelty Act' then they should Ban 'Poultry industry' also; which produces around 8.4 lakhs tons of poultry meat by killing millions of chicken”.

“Somewhere we have to draw a line for this 'Moralistic Madness' in our Society; otherwise it would be very difficult to keep our Nation's Integrity intact. #JanaSena urges Central Govt to lift the Ban on #jallikattu and #kodipandem. JAI HIND!!”

*tweets are not spell-checked and produced as such