Ahead of the Ugadi festival in Karnataka, Hindutva organizations in the state have demanded a ban on halal-certified meat. He has accused Hindus of boycotting products with Halal certification, alleging that the money received from certification is used for anti-national activities.
Organizations including Hindu Janajagruti Samiti have asked the Hindu community not to visit hotels/eateries with halal meat dishes on the menu, some organizations have also circulated the contact numbers of meat stalls selling jerk meat in Bengaluru.
talking to News18.comBJP national general secretary CT Ravi termed the practice of selling halal meat and products as economic jihad. “Why should Hindus be forced to buy Halal meat? Halal meat offered to their god is dear to them (Muslims), but to Hindus, it is like someone’s leftover,” he said.
Fringe organizations have already forced several hotels and restaurants, including a biryani joint in Bengaluru, to remove the halal tag from their menus. Protests were also witnessed in Nelamangala, Mandya and Mysuru districts against the ban on Halal meat.
Ugadi, which falls on 2 April this year, marks the beginning of the new Hindu lunar calendar and is celebrated in Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. Traditionally, Hindu families organize a feast the day after Ugadi where meat is consumed. Muslims, according to Islamic practices, can only consume halal meat.
Mohan Gowda, secretary of Hindu Janajagruti Samiti alleged, “The money received from Halal certification is used for anti-national activities. Hindus should be careful and boycott products with Halal certification. The central government should ban Halal certification. This is a conspiracy by Islamic organizations. Islamic groups like Jamiat Ulama-i Hind Halal Trust collect Rs 50,000 annually through halal certification and then use the money for anti-national activities.
While Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai declined to comment on the matter, asserting that there was no law and order issue in the state due to the controversy, state Home Minister Araga Gyanendra called the controversy a “high court verdict”. Reaction of protesting Muslims”. hijab row. The Karnataka High Court had ruled on March 15 that the hijab is not “part of an essential religious practice in Islam”.
In the midst of this controversy, Muslim traders, who are facing a ban on trading in temple fairs by Hindutva organizations, are now very worried.
The state Congress has directly accused the RSS and the Sangh Parivar of instigating the controversy with an eye on the assembly elections due next year. “It is the second of Muslims. This is what Hitler did in Germany and now the RSS and Sangh Parivar are doing it to Muslims in India,” said Congress MLA from Shivajinagar constituency, Rizwan Arshad.
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