New Delhi: Three activists of the Kerala Youth Congress, including Youth Congress leader Rijil Makkutty, were today suspended for alleged slaughter of an calf on Saturday. A spokesperson of the Indian youth Congress said the suspension of the three activists came on the instruction of the party high command. The three Kerala Youth Congress activists had on Saturday slaughtered an calf in full public view to protest against the Centre banning sales of cattle for slaughter.
This had evoked widespread protests with the BJP State president Kummanam Rajasekharan terming it as a 'barbaric act'. In a tweet yesterday, Congress Vice-president described the incident as "thoughtless and barbaric". "What happened in Kerala yesterday is thoughtless, barbaric and completely unacceptable to me and the Congress party. I strongly condemn the incident," he tweeted. (UNI)