bijnor former member of anna hazares core committee shamun kazmi on saturday said cow should be declared as the national animal attending an event in nagina town here kazmi said it is wrong to kill a cow as it prevents malnutrition in children he further stated that he would take a delegation comprising muslim clergy to meet the pm in this regard making a plea to maintain communal harmony he said the religious sentiments of hindus are linked to cow we must respect each others sentiments this way we can maintain unity in the country azmi claimed that he had been working to promote communal harmony in society i started the sarvadharm samiti in 2003 it has been working to keep the secular fabric of the nation intact our latest project is to press for the demand to declare cow as the national animal weve been working with muslim clerics on this project and nobody has opposed the idea in fact weve got support from imams added kazmi the former anna aide said he would soon meet prime minister narendra modi along with a team of muslim clerics we will present him a memorandum of our demands we hope that once cow is declared as the national animal it will be protected ive received a lot of support from muslims in bijnor shamun kazmi was a part of social activist anna hazares core team till he had a falling out with delhi chief minister arvind kejriwal