From yesterday, the Muslim Rashtriya Manch (MRM), a wing of the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), has started collecting signatures from the Muslim community on the beef ban. Their aim is to get 1 lakh signatures and submit them to the Chief Minister and the Prime Minister, asking them to provide employment to the people rendered jobless because of the ban. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)-led Devendra Fadnavis government, earlier this year got the President’s assent to the law that makes slaughtering, or even possession of cow and calf meat a crime. There was a major uproar from various sections of society that protested against the beef ban.

Participants at the function at Byculla where the signature campaign was launched