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DHARAMSHALA: The Himachal Pradesh assembly on Thursday passed a resolution to declare the cow as 'rashtra mata (mother of the nation)'. He also demanded a law to prevent incidents of cow vigilantism and mob lynching in the state. Stressing cow was not a political issue, Singh said, "Cow is not bound to any caste, creed or religion and makes a huge contribution to humanity. The assembly will now forward the resolution to the Centre.BJP-ruled Uttarakhand had in September become the first state to demand the cow be declared 'rashtra mata'. Himachal Pradesh was shaken by a case of cow vigilantism when on October 16, 2015 a man from Uttar Pradesh was lynched by a mob in Sirmaur district.Animal husbandry minister Virender Kanwar said the state government is setting up several cow sanctuaries in the state..