New Delhi: Trinamool Congress MP Mahua Moitra today slams the ban on meat shops in various parts of Delhi for the Hindu Navratri Festival. Referring to the freedom guaranteed to Indian citizens by the Constitution, he said it allows him to eat meat every time he likes and also allows shop owners to sell the freedom of meat to do their business.
On Monday, South Delhi Mayor Mukesh Suryan has announced that meat shops under his civil body must be closed during the “profitable Navratri period intended for Dewi Durga”, adding that the people avoid eating meat, garlic for nine days. He had claimed the decision was taken after complaints, and that it did not violate anyone’s freedom.
“We will strictly close all meat shops. When meat is not sold, people will not eat it,” said Mayor Delhi Municipal Southern Corporation to NDTV on Tuesday, maintaining orders similar to them in some Islamic countries in public is prohibited. During the fasting month of Ramadan.
“We have made this decision by considering Delhies sentiment. People complain to me. Fasting people face problems for cutting meat in the open. This is not a violation of anyone’s personal freedom,” Suryan said.
Mayor East Delhi Municipal Corporation (EDMC) also called for closing these shops during the nine-day festival, but there was no word from the North Corporation, which was also ruled by BJP.
While East Delhi Mayor Shyam Sunder Aggarwal claimed that during Navratra “90 percent of people did not consume non-vegetarian foods”, South colleagues Mukesh Suryan said there was “no need to open the” Festival “meat shop most people do not do so consume non-vegetarian food” during this period.
However, there is no official order issued by the Civic Agency.
After the prohibited call, several meat shop owners in these areas in the national capital made their company closed yesterday, afraid of officials.
However, in several city meat markets that have not been sold on Tuesday because today is considered by many Hindus.