The Kerala Congress on Monday suspended four members for publicly slashing the head of an ox as part of protests in support of beef consumption.
The Kannur police, had on Sunday night, registered a case against the Youth Congress activists. The killing of the animal has been condemned by Congress Vice-President Rahul Gandhi.
Youth Congress leader Regil Makutty and three others was suspended by the national leadership and the state Congress followed suit, a party leader said.
Following the incident, the BJP had on Monday sought clarification from Congress president Sonia Gandhi and Vice-President Rahul Gandhi, after their party's youth activists butchered a calf, in public, in Kerala's Kannur to protest against Centre's ban on cattle slaughter.
Dubbing the action as unacceptable, BJP leader Nalin Kohli said it is a smack on a communal mindset.
"This is unacceptable. Either Sonia Gandhi or Rahul Gandhi will have to make it clear and have to take action against such a kind of protest. If they don't take action, it could be believed that the Youth Congress leaders have done this under the instruction of Soniaji or Rahulji. Their way of protest is totally condemnable and is a smack on a communal mindset," said Kohli.
