New Delhi: The Centre’s proposed cattle slaughter ban is not merely being opposed by non-BJP states, which include Kerala and West Bengal, but is also creating ripples within the BJP, particularly in the Northeast.

On Thursday, Bernard N. Marak, former West Garo Hills district president of the BJP, quit the party over the proposed ban.

Speaking to the media in Meghalaya, Mr Marak said: “I quit the party as the BJP is trying to impose their ideology on us.” He questioned the Centre’s reported move to “impose a ban on consumption of beef”.

BJP leader Nalin Kohli, who is in charge of the party’s affairs in Meghalaya, while speaking to this newspaper, refused to give any importance to Mr Marak’s decision to quit the party and tried to indicate that he was already under the party’s scanner for “non-performance”.