Amid the political row over the lynching of a man over rumoured beef eating in Dadri, party veteran Digvijaya Singh said Congress could consider supporting a central law for the for a nation-wide ban on cow slaughter. "If they bring a central legislation, we shall consider it," Digvijaya said.

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As politics broke out over the killing of Mohammad Ikhlaq, the Congress found itself missing in action even as the BJP, SP and MIM leader Asaduddin Owaisi jumped in the fray. Sources said Digvijaya's statement is an attempt to show that his party was not anti-Hindu.

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Sources said the veteran leader could meet party chief Sonia Gandhi and vice president Rahul Gandhi over the issue soon.

It is to be recalled that Rahul Gandhi visited Ikhlaq's house last week to make up for the absence of senior party leaders in Uttar Pradesh where the Congress is desperately trying to gain ground.

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"Once Rahulji reached there it is not important to name which leader went there and when," Congress leader Pramod Tiwari said while targeting both the BJP and the SP for playing politics over the issue.

Though Digvijaya played safe saying his party could consider supporting a central law to ban cow slaughter, he pointed out that a ban exists in 25 of the 29 states in India long before the BJP came to rule the centre.

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