Re: EATING BEEF VERSUS NOT EATING BEEF IN INDIA
http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report-kiren-rijiju-hits-back-at-union-minister-naqvi-says-i-eat-beef-can-somebody-stop-me-2089549
http://www.firstpost.com/politics/divided-over-beef-after-naqvi-tells-beef-eaters-to-go-to-pakistan-rijiju-calls-ministers-statement-unpalatable-2264588.html
http://www.ibnlive.com/news/politics/rijiju-hits-back-at-naqvi-says-i-eat-beef-can-somebody-stop-me-997293/comments.html
On Wed, May 27, 2015 at 10:38 AM, Sikh Vichar Manch <svmanch@gmail.com> wrote:
*EATING BEEF VERSUS NOT EATING BEEF IN INDIA*
*'I eat beef, can somebody stop me?' *
*Union minister Rijiju retorts to Naqvi's statement*
HT Correspondent, Hindustan Times, New Delhi| Updated: May 27, 2015 09:4 IST
http://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/i-eat-beef-can-somebody-stop-me-union-minister-rijiju-retorts-to-naqvi-s-statement/article1-1351649.aspx
*Minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju, at an event in New Delhi. Sonu Mehta/HT Photo*
*Minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju has described as “unpalatable” his colleague Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s remarks that those who eat beef should go to Pakistan, and questioned whether anyone could stop him from eating beef.*
*Rijiju belongs to Arunachal Pradesh in the northeast, where beef is a staple in the diet of several states with large Christian populations. His  remarks came four days after Naqvi, the minister of state for minority affairs, justified the ban on cow slaughter.*
*“I eat beef, I’m from Arunachal Pradesh, can somebody stop me? So let us not be touchy about somebody’s practices,” Rijiju said during a visit to Aizawl, the capital of Mizoram, on Tuesday.*
*“This is a democratic country. Sometimes, some statements are made which  are not palatable,” he was quoted as saying by The Indian Express.*
*“If a Mizo Christian says that this is the land of Jesus, why should  someone have a problem in Punjab or Haryana? We have to honour the sentiments of each place and each location,” Rijiju said.*
*Naqvi, one of the most prominent Muslim faces of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), had asked people who want to eat beef to go to Pakistanwhile speaking at a conclave organised by a TV channel last Thursday.*
*“It is not about loss or profit... it is an issue of faith and belief. It  is a sensitive issue for the Hindus," Naqvi said. "Those who are dying  without eating beef, can go to Pakistan or Arab countries or any other parts of world where it is available.”*
*But Rijiju indicated that laws on issues such as cow slaughter should be made according to the wishes of the people of a particular state.*
*“If Maharashtra is Hindu majority, or if Gujarat is Hindu majority, Madhya Pradesh is Hindu majority, if they are to make laws which are conducive to the Hindu faith, let them be,” he said.*
*“But in our place, in our state where we are majority, where we feel whatever steps we take, you know, laws which are conducive to our beliefs,  it should be. So they also should not have a problem with the way we live, and we also should not have a problem with the way they live.”*
*Rijiju said India is “a multi-racial, multi-religious, multi-communal country” and people “must respect each other’s practices”.*
*“There cannot be any force on anybody about your practices, your faith. So if anybody makes a statement which is forcing or imposing your belief, your faith, your practices on another community, another believer, it is not good,” he said.*
*BJP leaders in the northeast, some of them Christians, have often been  ambiguous on the issue of banning cow slaughter because of the food habits of the indigenous people.*
*Read: **Those who want to eat beef should go to Pak: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi*
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