T R Sathish Kumar,

Former chairman of Legislative Council and chairman of KPCC media and communication wing B L Shankar said that the Congress enacted the Karnataka Prevention of Cow Slaughter and Preservation of Animals Act, 1964, long back.

Addressing a gathering during Congress Samarpanothsava here, on Thursday, he said, 'Protection, conservation and development of cattle is not the programme of the BJP alone. The Congress government took steps in this direction in the 1960s itself.'

'There might be black marks like the imposition of the Emergency and the anti-Sikh riots in Delhi on the Congress.