The thing is one wants to eat it and the other wants to worship it.these are two opposite things.India may have a large population of Muslims. But are those Muslims getting their rights not as a muslim as well as being an Indian?
Now you are forgetting Christians, Buddhist, Jain, Sikhs, Jews, Persis. Why are you adding that Muslims wanted to eat Beef and now related to rights. Does the rights only belongs to minority Muslims and not to other minorities and not to the Hindu majority.
I have many Muslim friends here and I am Vegetarian and dislike any animal killing at all not because of any religious belief rather its what my Brain tells me is correct and they do understand my sentiments and they try to avoid eating Non-veg in front of me, that does not means they are deprived of their rights or the food. When I asked them they said that they don't eat Beef rather Goat and Chicken.
If I ask the question to the Muslims why they don't eat pork Religion or Choice or Necessity??
Religion I guess !!
Why Hindus don't eat cow ? Religion or Choice or Necessity?
Its Choice, No where in any Gita anything is written that its banned
The Hindus don't consider cow as the god which lot of our friends thinks of rather they they believe that they are in debt of the cow for feeding Milk.
Why I don't Eat Meat when some of my family members eats?
My Choice, its what my brains tells me is right which is not necessary for me to survive ,