Meat ban in Mumbai: Twitterati criticise move, call it 'ridiculous'
Mumbai, Sep 8: In a controversial move, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has agreed for a four-day ban on the sale of meat in Mumbai i.e. on Sep 10, 13, 17 and 18. This has sparked a massive debate over social media where people are criticising the move.
According to the directive, slaughter of meat will not be allowed for four days until the ritual fasting of Jains comes to an end on September 18. However, restaurants will be allowed to serve meat on these days.
The Paryushan is scheduled between September 10-17, with the 10-day Ganeshotsav starting from September 17, and Bakri Eid falling on September 22-23. [4-day meat ban in Mumbai during Jain fasting period]
The decision to ban meat sale - following a demand by the Ahimsa Sangh's Vishwamaitri Trust, besides Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) politicians like Raj Purohit and Atul Shah - was promptly passed by the BMC on Monday.
This move has sparked a massive uproar over social media and micro blogging website Twitter where a section is criticising the state government and termed it anti-Constitutional. People are also flaying the BJP-ruled Government over the same.
While there are also few who are defending the move and said it has been happening since 1993 but this time it is being unnecessarily publicised because BJP is in power in the state as well as at Centre.
Here are few such tweets:
Then:
Na
khayenge,
Na
khane
denge"Beef
ban,
followed
by
no
meat
ban
http://t.co/v45Uec5Kpo
"Now:
Jo
kaha
woh
kiya
—
Nikhil
Naz
(@NikhilNaz)
September
8,
2015
Why
does
anything
and
everything
get
banned
here?
All
these
bans
don't
even
make
any
sense.Can't
there
be
a
ban
on
stupidity?
#MeatBan.
—
Simran
Preet
Arora
(@SimranPArora)
September
8,
2015
Our
country
is
going
to
remain
a
3rd
world
nation
because
of
the
intolerant
misogynistic
close
minded
few.
https://t.co/JcIDEC3gQE
—
Sonam
Kapoor
(@sonamakapoor)
September
8,
2015
We
love
animals,
we
find
them
very
tasty.
This
#meatban
makes
no
sense
at
all
—
Being
Indian
(@Beingind)
September
8,
2015
I
am
going
to
create
a
religion
and
make
Brinjal
holy.
Then
force
government
to
ban
that,
I
hate
that
sabji
#meatban
—
jerry
jose
(@jerryjose7)
September
8,
2015
Mumbai
the
city
of
dreams
has
turned
to
city
of
nightmares.
What's
wrong
with
Govt?
Trying
to
ban
everything..!!
Hope,
its
a
joke
#meatban
—
Sonal
Chadha
(@MissSonalChadha)
September
8,
2015
Respecting
sentiments
of
one
religious
community
doesn't
mean
snatching
away
other
communities' freedom
(to
eat
what
they
want
to)
#meatban
—
Ravinder
Singh
(@_RavinderSingh_)
September
8,
2015
In
somedays,
Mumbai
will
be
renamed
as
MumBAN
~
#meatban
—
manish
kumar
ツ
(@ManishSEO)
September
8,
2015
Maharashtra
is
behaving
like
a
nagging
wife,
deciding
what
you
eat
#meatban
and
u
can't
find
faults
in
it
or
else
#sedition
charges
—
Sir
Chetan
Bhagat
(@chetan_bhaqat)
September
8,
2015
While
common
man
still
gets
killed
every
day
in
road
accidents,
#AcheDin
has
arrived
for:Cows,Goats,And
Chicken.#meatban
—
Ranjan
Dhar
(@iamranjandhar)
September
8,
2015
Wait,
if
this
#meatban
is
a
yearly
thing,
how
come
this
is
the
first
time
anyone
is
talking
about
it?
No
one
minded
it
in
2014
or
before?
—
Mridul
(@Psilosophy)
September
8,
2015
Problem
with
liberal
outrage
on
#meatban
is
a)
tagging
every
decision
to
Modi;
&
b)
spinning
it
as
if
it's
been
enforced
for
the
first
time.
—
Kartikeya
Tanna
(@KartikeyaTanna)
September
8,
2015
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