Puts up 700 banners across the city, spreading awareness about Mathe' u00a0 In support of a bill that was passed by the Karnataka Assembly in July, a businessman from Bangalore has started a campaign against cow slaughter favouring the bill that was passed by the Karnataka Assembly in July this year. Mahendra Munnot (45), who runs a medical store in Vijayanagar has taken an initiative to save cows. He has put around 700 banners all over Bangalore requesting the public to support the campaign that started two weeks ago. <img alt="" src="/imagedata/2010/sep/banner.jpg" border="5" /> Mahendra Munnot, who runs a medical store in Vijayanagar, has put up 300 banners each in Kannada and English, and 100 in Hindi "I started the campaign to save the country's culture. I have put 700 banners around the city 300 each in Kannada and English, and 100 in Hindi," said Mahendra. In the banner there is an email and postal address of the President Pratibha Patil, where public are requested to vote in favour of the bill, which shows how concerned the public are over cow slaughter. The Governor, HR Bharadwaj has forwarded the cow slaughter bill passed by the BJP government to the President for assent. Now, the government has doubts over the motives behind sending it to the President. "My aim is to safeguard the country's culture and nothing else. We have been worshipping cows since thousands of years. We treat it as our 'Mathe', as so many gods exists in it," says Mahendra. Now the bill has triggered into a public debate where the opposition parties are urging the President to desist from giving her assent to the bill. This bill was brought to replace the 1964 Act and protect cattle. Similar bills are in operation in Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan and Jammu and Kashmir. Mahendra has been flooded with hundreds of calls from people who have appreciated his efforts. He claims that he has been getting calls from people who want to join or support the campaign everyday. But on the other hand, negative messages are something he is not unfamiliar with either. 'We will bring old cows and make them stand in front of your shop', said one message. "I replied saying that please bring them, and I will take care of them," says Mahendra. He has also distributed 30,000 books, titled Kamadhenu to the schools in and around Bangalore. "I even gave 15 days time to students and conducted a quick test for them to understand the importance of 'Gomathe'. "I am not related to any political party, association or trust. I am doing a social service for the betterment of the society and save the culture of our country which is very important," he added.

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