After meat ban, Sonakshi Sinha calls India BAN-istan, faces Twitterati's ire
Mumbai, Sep 9: A political row erupted over the ban on sale of meat for four days during the upcoming 'Paryushan' Jain holy festival in Mumbai.
After the news of meat ban broke, it became talk of the town on social media.
The first such ban was permitted way back in 1964, then in 1994, later in 2004, in 2013 there was a two-day ban on meat during the Jain festival.
The ban, imposed by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) will be implemented on September 10, 13, 17 and 18 when slaughter of meat will be stopped in the Deonar abattoir and sale will not be permitted in the city.
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.
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.
However, the Shiv Sena, senior ruling partner in the BMC coalition with BJP, distanced itself from the ban, though it respected Jain religious sentiments.
Sonakshi had tweeted and said, "This is a free country! Welcome to BAN-istan... I meant india.. Stupid autocorrect."
Here are few tweets which followed there after:
This
is
a
free
country!
Welcome
to
BAN-istan...
I
meant
india..
Stupid
autocorrect.
—
Sonakshi
Sinha
(@sonakshisinha)
September
8,
2015
Why
no
ban
on
ignorance/negligence?
What
about
the
flood
affected
people
of
assam?
Priorities
people.
Priorities.
—
Sonakshi
Sinha
(@sonakshisinha)
September
8,
2015
Dear
Ms.
@sonakshisinha
please
don't
behave
like
ur
father
!
Let
me
remind
you
that
You
also
demanded
'Ban'
😈
pic.twitter.com/hnb3vU6Eva
—
Loose_Bull
(@loosebool)
September
8,
2015
.@sonakshisinha
But
u
only
asked
for
it
Sona
pic.twitter.com/A1YPYYfVet
—
Ishant
Sharma
(@CrimeMasterV2)
September
8,
2015
.@sonakshisinha,
1stly
many
thnx
for
calling
India,-
"Banistan".
2ndly,
I
really
wish
for
ban
of
Bollywood
which
is
blocking
brains
of
kids
—
Suvie
Ritu
Chandra
(@SuvalagnaC)
September
8,
2015
Double
Standards.
Sonakshi
Sinha.
#meatban
pic.twitter.com/aplq8WQ1gD
—
Sir
Ravindra
Jadeja
(@SirJadeja)
September
8,
2015
@Being_Humor
@sonakshisinha
we
will
b
delighted
if
they
ban
ur
movies
too😂😂
—
राजस्थानी
छोरो
(@DieHArd4Cricket)
September
8,
2015
.@sonakshisinha
Why
not
BAN
Action
Jackson,
Tevar,
Bullet
Raja
&
all
such
mardana
movie
of
urs.😂😂
—
सिधु
(@aneeshsays)
September
8,
2015
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