New Delhi: A BJP member on Wednesday questioned the relevance of TV programmes showing self-styled godmen asking people to wear certain types of clothes or eat sweets for good luck.

Mansingh Ram Patel (BJP) said in the age of science and technology when people are hooked to television for latest updates, they see "these babas" (religious figures) on the channels asking people to wear certain types of clothes for good luck.

He said some of them even ask people to eat certain types of sweetmeat for better luck and asked why should so much space be given to them on the channels.

Raising the issue during Zero Hour, he also referred to surrogate advertisements by liquor companies selling CDs and club soda and sought a ban on them.

Another BJP member Keshav Prasad demanded a central law against cow slaughter. Seeking government grants for 'gau shalas' (cow shelters), he said the people working there should be given honorarium.

Pressing for a ban on slaughter houses, he said dairy products should be encouraged so that cows are protected.

Badruddin Ajmal (AIUDF) referred to the recent killing of some labourers from Assam in Meghalaya and said people from the state were often targeted by militant groups in the neighbouring states of the Northeast.