The Anti-Cattle Slaughter Bill in Karnataka was passed by BJP amid protesting opposition.

BJP passed the bill through council amid the opposition protesting and tearing the bill.

The Karnataka government on Monday pressed the Karnataka Prevention of Slaughter and Preservation of Cattle Bill, 2020, by the legislature during a dispute over the lack of debate and the refusal to call on a select committee to address the concerns of the opposition. BJP's newly-elected deputy chairperson K Pranesh, who serves on the council after the resignation of chairperson Prathapchandra Shetty last week, has called on the Bill to vote, even after opposition leaders tearing up copies of the proposed law they were able to pass. They went to the House of Representatives to challenge Pranesh's decision not to allow a lengthy debate on the Bill.

The Bill was passed by a voice vote amid the unrest. The Bill, which thinks it will completely ban cattle slaughter, was passed to the State Council on December 9 last year during the protest by the Opposition but was not introduced to the Council as the BJP was not in charge of Upper House at the time. On Monday, as the Council came under its jurisdiction after the JD (S) last week supported the removal of chairperson Prathapchandra Shetty (Congress), and aided the Pranesh election, the Bill was introduced in the House by Minister of Animal Agriculture Prabu Chavan.

After Pranesh allowed the bill to be debated, Congress leaders such as CM Ibrahim, BK Hariprasad, Nasir Ahmed and Ravi opposed it and JD (S) 's Chippeswamy asked for it to be referred to a select committee to end farmers' grievances. Ibrahim said the BJP, in an effort to target the minority community with a new law, would eventually target the state's agricultural economy.

Hariprasad said the Bill was not well thought out and was only introduced to achieve the objectives of the BJP. He said the BJP had two levels of cattle slaughter; while it supports slaughter in provinces such as Kerala, Goa, Manipur and Meghalaya, it was opposed to it other provinces.