Maharashtra MLA Tenders Apology To Assam CM For Dog Meat Remark

GUWAHATI: Maharashtra legislator Bachchu Kadu had to finally tender an apology to Assam Chief Minister Dr Himanta Biswa Sarma for his dog meat remark, which had raised the hackles of the people in Assam.

Not only the MLA but Maharashtra Chief Minister, Eknath Shinde also apologized to Assam for Kadu’s remark made on the Assembly floor, after Assam CM’s letter to him.

Bachchu Kadu, an Independent MLA from Achalpur and chief of Prahar Janshakti Party, had stated that stray canines from Maharashtra should be sent to Assam where dog meat is consumed

Kadu was a former minister of state for school education in Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government under then CM Uddhav Thackeray. He had made the remark on the floor of the Assembly on March 4 during a discussion on stray dog menace in Maharashtra.

While speaking in the Assembly, Kadu had commented that stray dogs are in demand in Assam and fetch a price of Rs 8,000 per dog.

The apology came a day after Assam Chief Minister posted in a tweet a letter he had sent to his Maharashtra counterpart Eknath Shinde against the derogatory remark made by one of the members of the Legislative Assembly.

CM Sarma had earlier written to Maharashtra CM Eknath Shinde, “Along with the people of Assam, I am extremely dismayed and agitated by the comments of the MLA, which has exposed his prejudices and ignorance about the culture of our state. I am sure that you will fully empathise with the sentiments of the people of Assam in this matter.”

Multiple police cases have earlier been filed against Maharashtra MLA Bachchu Kadu in Assam.

Following Kadu’s statement, the people of Assam and several organizations had protested against the Maharashtra MLA and demanded an apology from him

While addressing the House, Assam CM informed the Assam Assembly that he had written to the Maharashtra Chief Minister to ask the MLA to withdraw the statement made on dog meat consumption by the people of Assam.

Sarma had also said if the statement was not recorded in the House, action would have been taken against the MLA. The Chief Minister, however, added that the police cannot take action against a statement made inside the House.

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