Maneka opposes cow slaughter for Army sneakers, stalls project.

[DarK-LorD]

Maneka opposes cow slaughter for Army sneakers, stalls project.
Josy Joseph, TNN Jul 28, 2011, 01.50am IST


NEW DELHI: Animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has come in the way of our soldiers getting trendy and comfortable leather sports shoes. She says thousands of cows will have to be slaughtered to make sneakers for 1.1 million jawans. But the Army believes that Maneka's objection is a ploy to "derail the process of procurement".

Some weeks ago, the central government announced the decision to award contracts for eight lakh pairs of high-quality sneakers replacing the no-frills brown canvas PT shoes that jawans use. But with Maneka throwing the spanner in the works, the project is stillborn. The shoe project is worth Rs 100 crore only in the first phase, when sneakers will be provided to eight lakh soldiers. More orders would follow.

Maneka opposes cow slaughter for Army sneakers, stalls project - Times Of India

 

[karan.1970]

Another master stroke by the idiotic Grinch .. Her 1st one made sure that thousands of Indians (many more than all terror strikes put together) die every year due to rabies contacted thru the bite of stray dogs. Second one is going to screw the brave jawans over..

 

[T90TankGuy]

this is one environmentalist and animal lover we can do without.

 

[karan.1970]

She is worse than that idiot Arundhhati Roy even.....

 

[SpArK]

She is now officially named as the number 1 enemy of the state of kerala.

 

[Spring Onion]

So bharatis support Cow Slaughter for facilitating leather shoes for Indian armymen???

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

Maneka opposes cow slaughter for Army sneakers, stalls project.
Josy Joseph, TNN Jul 28, 2011, 01.50am IST


NEW DELHI: Animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi has come in the way of our soldiers getting trendy and comfortable leather sports shoes. She says thousands of cows will have to be slaughtered to make sneakers for 1.1 million jawans. But the Army believes that Maneka's objection is a ploy to "derail the process of procurement".

Some weeks ago, the central government announced the decision to award contracts for eight lakh pairs of high-quality sneakers replacing the no-frills brown canvas PT shoes that jawans use. But with Maneka throwing the spanner in the works, the project is stillborn. The shoe project is worth Rs 100 crore only in the first phase, when sneakers will be provided to eight lakh soldiers. More orders would follow.

Maneka opposes cow slaughter for Army sneakers, stalls project - Times Of India

She is being silly.

It is good that Indians have no objection to be liberal about the mundane as having no objection to having leather PT shoes.

One wonders which is worse? Killing cows for PT shoes or killing own brothers for religious reasons, when the brothers believe in the same God?

 

[karan.1970]

So bharatis support Cow Slaughter for facilitating leather shoes for Indian armymen???

"The Army note says that in 2008-09, India exported products made of over 6.85 crore square feet of cow leather and 1.38 crore square feet of calf leather. "Indigenous cow leather products would perhaps be manifold and being used in India. The current tender is miniscule of just six to eight lakh sq feet for the Indian Army. Vested interests, therefore, appear to be attempting to sensationalize this issue and are far removed from the reality in India," the note reads."

 

[Spring Onion]

"The Army note says that in 2008-09, India exported products made of over 6.85 crore square feet of cow leather and 1.38 crore square feet of calf leather. "Indigenous cow leather products would perhaps be manifold and being used in India. The current tender is miniscule of just six to eight lakh sq feet for the Indian Army. Vested interests, therefore, appear to be attempting to sensationalize this issue and are far removed from the reality in India," the note reads."

I know that rather its more than that.

i am just asking if bharatis do support Cow Slaughter for leather products for the Indian army???

 

[Imran Khan]

please dude mercy on cow lolz.

 

[Vibs]

So bharatis support Cow Slaughter for facilitating leather shoes for Indian armymen???

There are cow slaughter houses in India. You need special permits for them though. There are a lot of Indians who eat beef.
Maneka Gandhi is the Indian version of a PETA activists. She'd even ban spraying pesticides to kill mosquitoes and make pest control illegal if she has a chance.

 

[Tiki Tam Tam]

There is nothing wrong in leather PT shoes.

It is better than killing human beings who are co religionists based on narrow sectarian religious divide and political reasons!

 

[RockyX]

So bharatis support Cow Slaughter for facilitating leather shoes for Indian armymen???

No, Never..........But Indians are not so religious. Religious is way of life not way of country.

If happens or not - will not make any difference.

So, 90% Indians don't have any view on such things. There are many other important things in life.

 

[majesticpankaj]

Religion is secondary to us.

 

[53fd]

Religion is secondary to us.

If it is, why aren't Indian Muslims constitutionally allowed to celebrate the Eid ul Adha the way it is traditionally?