Govt not interested in deciding who eats what, says CM

Time of India

2 days ago

Mumbai: On a day the Kalyan Dombivli Municipal Corporation made it clear it's not withdrawing its order to shut slaughterhouses and meat shops on Aug 15 and more corporations – Kolhapur, Ichalkaranji, Nashik & Jalgaon – issued similar directives, CM Fadnavis said the decision was not taken by Mahayuti govt but by an earlier govt in 1988 and anyone is free to eat whatever they want to.
"The state govt is not interested in deciding who eats what. We have lots of issues before us," Fadnavis said when asked about the opposition to the ban on slaughter on Independence Day imposed by some civic bodies, including Nagpur & Malegaon. Protests have grown against the ban with Dy CM Ajit Pawar too saying it wasn't right.
Fadnavis said a govt resolution on slaughter ban on particular days was issued in 1988. "This decision has been in force since then.
Even I did not know about it till I read about it in the media," he said.
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The CM said when he asked the corporations why they had taken such a decision, they sent him a copy of the 1988 GR. "They (corporations) said they take this decision every year, (they had taken it) even when Uddhav Thackeray was CM. They sent me a copy of it," he said.
The BJP said that the policy to keep abattoirs shut on Independence Day was first implemented when Sharad Pawar was chief minister of Maharashtra and sought to know if the opposition would question him about it.
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BJP chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye posed this question to NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and Shiv Sena (UBT) legislator Aaditya Thackeray, who have criticised the ban.
Referring to a remark made by Shiv Sena (UBT) MP Sanjay Raut earlier in the day that the CM was making Maharashtra "impotent" with such a ban, Fadnavis said without naming him, "Some people have started calling those eating vegetarian food as impotent.
This foolishness must stop. Each one can eat what he wants. Our Constitution has given the right to everyone to live."
Upadhye said the policy to keep abattoirs shut on Aug 15 was originally framed by the Congress govt then led by Shankarrao Chavan. "Within a month in 1988, Sharad Pawar became the CM and implemented the policy for the first time," he said.
Upadhye also took a swipe at deputy CM Ajit Pawar. In a social media post, he said, "There is no doubt that Ajit Pawar, who has a good grip on the administration and is the Dy CM in the Mahayuti govt and is now opposing the meat ban decision of August 15, is also aware that this decision was not made by the Mahayuti government."
Hitting out at the Maha Vikas Aghadi, Upadhya said that Awhad and Aaditya Thackeray, who were ministers when the earlier MVA govt issued the same orders, cannot be said to have contracted the disease of forgetfulness. "Awhad and Thackeray, who have completely lost their conscience and are in despair after losing the party and power, are against every action of the government," he said.
Meanwhile, Jitendra Awhad on Wednesday claimed that an earlier order only spoke of closure of slaughter houses, but did not ban meat sale.
Speaking to reporters in Solapur, Awhad also asked who gave municipal bodies the right to decide what a citizen should eat and when.
"Since August 15 is a holiday, people generally wake up at leisure, buy meat and enjoy it together as a family. It is a tradition," the former minister said.
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