Mumbai meat ban: mns workers to sell mutton at dadar in protest

In a protest against the four day meat ban in the state, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) party workers will on Thursday sell mutton at Agar Bazar in Mumbai's Dadar area . In a

protest against the four day meat ban in the state, the Maharashtra Navnirman Sena(MNS) party workers will on Thursday sell mutton at Agar Bazar in Mumbai's Dadar area . The banning of

meat in Mumbai have turned into a political slugfest with various political parties slamming the Maharashtra Government for imposing such ban. The Maharashtra Government has banned meat in

Mumbai for four days, in view of the Jain festival of Paryushan. Close on the heels of BMC suspending the sale of meat in its markets for four days, now the Navi Mumbai Municipal

Corporation, controlled by the NCP, has announced a similar measure till September 17, as these dates fall within the eight-day Jain fasting period of 'Paryushan'. Interestingly,

NCP had oiced reservation over the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation's (BMC) meat ban order, with the party along with Congress, dubbing it as a BJP ploy to polarise voters with an eye

on the elections to the civic body due in early 2017. The ward officer of A ward in Navi Mumbai said in a statement that there will be no sale of meat from today till September 17. The ban

covers mutton and chicken, and excludes fish and eggs. It also extends to private businesses selling raw meat. The ban on sale of meat during 'Paryushan' has been in force since

1964, when the BMC passed a resolution directing a two-day prohibition on sale of meat in response to the demands by Jains, a powerful community which holds key stakes in business and

industry in Mumbai. In 2004, the Congress-NCP government passed another resolution endorsing the two-day ban. Since then, the ban has been extended to four days across Mumbai every

September.