Red Fort blast: Punishment will set an example, says Amit Shah

Shah, who is also the Union Minister of Cooperation, spoke in Gujarati, addressing via virtual mode those at a Dudhsagar Dairy function in north Gujarat’s Mehsana for the inauguration of the Motibhai Chaudhary Sagar Sainik School and an organic processing plant.

He said he wanted to attend the Mehsana function, but was now busy because of the terror incident.

Paying tribute to those killed in the Red Fort incident, he said, “At this juncture, I would like to say that the Prime Minister’s resolve to bring all those involved in the bomb blast, at whatever level, before a court of law, and to ensure they get appropriate punishment will certainly be fulfilled. Such an example will be set that no such terror incident takes place in future.”

Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel, Agriculture and Cooperation Minister Jitu Vaghani, top officials of the dairy were among those present at the function.

Hailing the contribution of Dudhsagar Dairy to the White Revolution, Shah said Dudhsagar Dairy and Banas Dairy of Banaskantha have created a model to transform the dairy economy.

He said that next month he would stay in Banaskantha for two days and explain the Gujarat dairy model to 50 MPs. The government, he said, had taken several initiatives for a circular economy including the decision to establish 75,000 new primary dairy committees in villages and strengthen the existing 46,000.

“Our aim is that if 50% milk of the country reaches the people of the country and the world through the medium of cooperative committees, then it can result in big benefits for cattle rearers,” he said.

On a circular economy in animal husbandry, Shah said multi-state cooperative committees have been formed so that the benefits reach cattle rearers of Gujarat and the entire country.

The first committee, he said, has been formed for production of cattle feed, manufacture of vaccines and for artificial insemination. The second committee, he said, will develop three models for the management of dung. And the third, he said, will deal with the issue of using remains of dead cattle and bringing its money to farmers and cattle rearers.