Overview

• Sanskriti Bachao Manch convener Chandrashekhar Tiwari wrote to Muslim religious leaders offering clay goats at ₹1,000 each as a symbolic Eid al-Adha sacrifice to reduce bloodshed and water waste
• Syed Kaab Rashidi of Jamiat Ulama-i-Hind condemned the proposal as an attempt to spread confusion against Muslims and Islam
• Maharashtra Minister Nitesh Rane accused environmental activists of selective campaigning and asserted that no Sharia law should apply in a Hindu nation
• Tiwari urged authorities to invoke the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act to curb violence during animal sacrifices
• The group pointed to past eco-friendly festivals—Holi, Diwali and Ganesh Utsav—to highlight its call for collective environmental stewardship