Dash
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First and foremost- Eating habits is no ones business- Including the state.
You give more power to the states-they will take more rights away, thats the way it works.
Eating beef should have not been an issue at all in the first place- BJP/RSS is just beating the gullible Janta like a drum to win elections and in the process riling up the masses like thugs on heat.
The Indian state draws its power from the constitution. What I mean to say that, for example a state like UK, the constitution draws its power from the state. In that kind of a country you can change the constitution but in India its not possible, unless yo declare emergency.
In our constitutional framework, articles are defined for freedom of things a citizen can or cant do. Meaning, fundamental rights are there but they are not absolute. You cant get away with a speech that hurt others. Your freedom, rights in this case starts with you and ends where right of other starts. So one right is colliding with the right of other, irrespective of what rights are being challenged here, the state has a constitutional responsibility to play a role.
The state is just doing that. In the context of beef, it has played out unevenly for some and even for some. This is how it is. There are still laws that favor someone over other. Its just the way it is. I wont elaborate much on theose laws here as they are off topic.