Lucknow (UP), April 26 -- Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Friday said the Congress wants to give minorities the right to eat beef, adding that this amounted to allowing cow slaughter.

"These shameless people promise to provide the right to eat 'gaumaans' (cow's meat), whereas our scriptures call the cow mother. They wish to give cows into the hands of butchers. Will India ever accept this?" An Uttar Pradesh BJP statement quoted Adityanath as saying.

The chief minister said they wanted to give minorities the liberty to eat the food of their choice, "meaning they are talking about allowing cow slaughter".

Adityanath was addressing an election rally in Bilari in Moradabad district to garner support for BJP candidate Parmes...