Murshidabad, May 24 -- CPI(M) legislator Mustafizur Rahman Rana on Sunday said sacrifices during Eid al-Adha (Bakrid) in West Bengal would not be carried out "the way we did before" as the state government moves to enforce provisions under the West Bengal Animal Slaughter Control Act, 1950, ahead of the festival.

Speaking to ANI in Murshidabad, Rana said the law being enforced is not a new one, but an existing Act that earlier governments allegedly did not implement strictly.

"This government hasn't implemented any new act. This act has been in place since 1950. The previous government didn't implement the same act, but this government wants to do it," Rana said.

He further stated that administrative meetings had already been conducted...