Of course, the cow has long had a place in Indian politics: the country’s constitution includes a provision explicitly urging a gradual movement toward full prohibition of cow slaughter – a ban that has already been implemented in most states.
当然，牛在印度政治中早已占据特殊的地位——印度宪法有一个条款明确要求逐渐实现完全禁止牛只屠宰——大部分邦已经实施了这一禁令。