BJP MLA wants slaughter houses closed for Mahavir Jayanti

BJP MLA Mangal Prabhat Lodha and some representatives of the Jain community today demanded here that slaughter houses in Maharashtra should remain closed tomorrow on account of Mahavir Jayanti.
The Bombay High Court recently set aside an old government directive to municipal bodies to ban meat sale on Mahavir Jayanti.
Lodha, accompanied by representatives of Jain International Organisation, Jain Shakti Foundation, Vardhaman Pariwar, Ahimsa Sangh and some other outfits, held a press conference here today.
"The state government is planning to approach Supreme Court after Bombay High Court allowed slaughter houses to remain open, but they would remain open on Sunday (tomorrow) when Jains will be celebrating Mahavir Jayanti. We are requesting that these shops be closed for one day, and we hope the state will take some decision," Lodha said.

"We also want to make an appeal to the owners of slaughter houses to voluntarily close their shops on Sunday," he said, as the state would find it difficult to move the apex court against the HC order on weekend.
Maharashtra has the tradition of abattoirs remaining closed on Mahavir Jayanti, the BJP MLA said.