An Ahimsa Crisis: You Decide: Ahimsa Guides A Jain Parliamentarian

Once one senior Jain member of the Indian Parliament told me that as a Jain, guided by ahimsa, she is always careful and when voting on resolutions involving war and government promotion of meat, mostly votes against these and other himsak industries.

Similarly, after the State assembly elections in the State of Karnataka in April 2013, one Mr. Dhananjai Kumar Jain was appointed a Minister of the State of Karnatka by the State Chief Minister, Mr. Jain was assigned the Ministry of Fisheries and Husbandry. On ahimsa and Jain principles, he refused the assignment.