New Delhi: Gujarat Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel on Monday clarified that the government has no problem with the different food habits of the people. The CM’s statement comes amid the decision of some municipal bodies in the state to shut down street food vendors selling non-vegetarian food.
“Some people eat vegetarian food, some people eat non-vegetarian food, the BJP government has no problem with it. During a BJP program at Bandhani village in Gujarat’s Anand district, Patel said, “There has been a demand to remove special ‘loris’ (carts) from the road.
The CM also said that action would be initiated against those street food vendors who would sell unhygienic food or if their vehicles obstruct the traffic. Patel added, “Our only concern is that the food sold from the food carts should not be unhygienic.”
He said that if the civic bodies are found obstructing road traffic, they decide to remove a road vehicle. “The local municipal corporation or municipalities decide to remove the food carts. They can do this if they are obstructing traffic on city roads,” the CM said.
Bhupendra Patel’s statement came at a time when some municipal bodies of the state were deciding to shut down the street vendors selling non-vegetarian food items. Earlier the Town Planning Committee of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation had decided not to allow non-vegetarian stalls along public roads and within 100 meters from schools and religious places in the city.
Several other cities like Vadodara, Rajkot and Dwarka also saw a demand for removal of non-vegetarian food carts from public places.
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