Punjab: Denied ticket, Minister Vijay Sampla says it is cow slaughter by BJP

Dropped from the Hoshiarpur seat in Punjab, Union Minister of State for Social Justice and Empowerment Vijay Sampla lashed out at the BJP Tuesday, saying the party had committed “cow slaughter” by giving the ticket to Phagwara MLA Som Parkash.

Sampla, counted among the top Dalit leaders in the state, also dropped the ‘chowkidar’ title from his Twitter handle and asked the BJP whether he had erred in his performance as a Member of Parliament.

“Feel very sad, the BJP has done cow slaughter,” he tweeted in Hindi. “You should have pointed out any fault. What is my fault? There is no corruption charge against me. I got an airport in my region, got many new trains started, got roads built… If this is the fault, I will tell my coming generations that they must not commit these mistakes,” he said on Twitter.