After beef ban, an order has been passed to shut slaughter houses in the course of Paryushan, Jain fasting period which is going to begin on September 10, 13, 17 & 18. This order passed when VTAS (Vishwamaitra Trust Ahinsa Sangh) demanded and Mira-Bhayander municipal corporation put a ban of meat selling in that region for a period of 8 days.
Nevertheless, it’s assumed that this ban has been put for political benefits and getting more votes.
In the words of Maulana Hakim Mehmood Dariyabadi, All India Ulema Council’s general secretary, “Why only mutton and beef, why not fish and chicken? Tomorrow if they do that there will be problem from the Koli community. This is being done only to affect Muslims who are politically weak.”
As stated by Maulana Fayyaz Baqir, “By this logic Muslims should be asking for a ban on alcohol. But it would be wrong because we would want alcohol not to be consumed throughout the year and not just Ramzan.”
At this point, it’s worth mentioning that Shiv Sena is against this ban and according to Neelam Dhawan, Shiv Sena Corporator, “People of different religions live in the city. You cannot put restrictions on what people eat even if it is during the fasting period. Nobody is taking anything to their homes. This is all politics.”
#meatban is trending top on Twitter and users have reacted actively on the matter and shared their opinion:
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Before imposing a #meatban, the Maha govt needs to get its priorities right @newsflicks pic.twitter.com/tHUWe1yIYp
— Namrata Dadwal (@OohAahOuch) September 8, 2015
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Reminded of the classic song from the 1973 film Abhimaan, "Meat naa mila re man ka…" #meatban #mumbai pic.twitter.com/GvURwj72Yb
— Pathikrit Sen Gupta (@pathikrit2sen) September 8, 2015
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Instead of #meatban why on selected days why don't they ban cigarettes forever? Oh, lobby, revenue, right?
— Dipankar. (@deep_anchor) September 8, 2015
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This is not important to @Dev_Fadnavis 's Govt. The #meatban is top priority instead @narendramodi pic.twitter.com/ib9x5I2mAc
— Ranjj (@ranjjatwork) September 8, 2015
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https://twitter.com/AapChorHain/status/641175406012465152
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Do they have nothing else to do???? BANTASTIC!!!! #Meatban
— Anubhav Sinha (@anubhavsinha) September 8, 2015
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https://twitter.com/Unicorn__Swag/status/641160567856562176
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What's with all this #meatban? We should be free to eat whatever we choose. My culture allows me to have meat even during auspicious events.
— Debarati Chakraborty (@Debarati_Chak) September 8, 2015
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#meatban now; #brainban next, so that we all become #meaballs.Ban everything and everyone…welcome to #distopia !
— Vallabhan (@SelfDoubtist) September 8, 2015
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Ashutosh: My GF is waiting but I can't meet her
Kejru: BC why?
Ashutosh: Because #meatban
Kejru: Bhag maadar— Ra_Bies 2.0 (@Ra_Bies) September 8, 2015
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also ban RSS on valentine's then? #meatban
— ./vishesh.sh (@theVISHESHone) September 8, 2015
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