Highlights 1 Meat sellers go on strike across Uttar Pradesh against government action on slaughterhouses. 2 Action only against illegal slaughterhouses, says minister Siddharth Nath Singh. 3 Closing down of illegal slaughterhouses in UP was on top of BJP's agenda. "Action being taken against illegal slaughterhouses only, legal slaughterhouses should continue to follow regulations. The meat sellers are piqued over the crackdown on slaughterhouses which has adversely hit the livelihood of lakhs of people, Qureshi said.

Source: India Today March 27, 2017 05:47 UTC