In an appeal to Muslims in Assam, All India United Democratic Front (AIUDF) leader Maulana Badruddin Ajmal reiterated on Thursday that cow sacrifices shouldn't be performed during this week's Eid-ul-Adha to 'respect the emotions' of Hindus. Ajmal is also the president of the Assam State Jamiat Ulama (ASJU), a group of Islamic students affiliated with the Deobandi school of thought in India.

 Ajmal remarked 'Some RSS members want to end India by attempting to establish a Hindu Raj. Even in their dreams, Hindu Raj will never come into being. They are unable to sever this nation's Muslim-Hindu harmony. However, we won't perish if we skip eating cows for a day. Along with our Hindu brothers, we enjoy it. Our entire ancestry is Hindu. They turned to Islam because of its unique ability to respect the sentiments of people of different faiths.'

Ajmal had earlier declared in a statement that Muslims who can afford to perform the ritual and culture that permits sacrificing animals like camels, goats, buffaloes, lambs, and cows on Eid-ul-Adha have a fundamental responsibility to do so to be there on Sunday.

But India is a nation made up of people from many ethnic groups, cultures, and religions. The majority of Indians practice the Sanatan religion, which regards the cow as a sacred animal, he had said.

'We must not offend their religious sentiments.' He said that the Islamic seminary Darul Uloom Deoband had publicly urged against cow sacrifices on Bakrid in 2008. He had stated that there was no mention of or demand for the sacrifice of the cow.

He also urged people to support the Assam Cattle Preservation Act of 2021, which replaced the previous law and prohibits the sale or provision of red meat or red meat products in any area 'predominantly inhabited' by Hindus, Buddhists, Sikhs, Jains, and other 'non-red meat-consuming populations.'

In reaction to the 'head-cutting fool,' he also talked about Nupur Sharma's criticism of the Prophet Muhammad and the issue surrounding the horrible killings. Says Ajmal 'Muslims should remain calm. Instead, they ought to ask God to grant intelligent people like Nupur Sharma. Those who advocate beheading are ignorant.' Additionally, he denied that the group may support the BJP's Draupadi Murmu in the presidential race.

Legislators in India have long debated whether and to what extent the state should provide for the protection of cows. Legislators and proponents of cow protection sought to enact a legal prohibition on cow slaughter even before the Declaration of Independence. However, because of the colonial government's professed goal of maintaining its neutrality in matters of religion, their requests and pleas went unanswered.

It has taken little time for the Hindu attitude in favor of cow protection to raise to a point where it is difficult, if not impossible, to ignore it, according to Prasad. This sentiment is old, pervasive, and deeply ingrained. 'I believe that we need to consider this issue and make a choice,'

Given its cultural and monetary significance, Congressman from the United Provinces Vishwambar Dayal Tripathi encouraged the Constituent Assembly to include cow protection as 'part of fundamental rights' during deliberations.

Another Congressman from Central Provinces and Berar, Seth Govind Das, demanded that the Constitution include a section making cow slaughter an offense, similar to untouchability.

However, after implementing legislation forbidding the killing of cows, the states have made Article 48 effective. Cow slaughter is entirely prohibited in several states, including Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi, Uttar Pradesh, and Madhya Pradesh, whereas it is permitted in West Bengal if the cows are old or unfit and have a 'fit for slaughter' certificate.

State-by-state variations exist in the penalties for breaking these laws. Only a few states still allow cow slaughter, including Kerala, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Manipur, and Mizoram. 

Given the special significance of the cow in several aspects of Indian politics and society, dealing in beef is illegal in some regions of the nation but legal in others due to the special status of the cow.