West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and state BJP chief Samik Bhattacharya (Images/Agencies) ‘People are being targeted like terrorists’: Mamata Banerjee attacks Election Commission over SIR, cites Bangladesh elections New Delhi: Amid the political row over alleged restrictions on open sale of fish and meat in Bihar, West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Thursday said people in Bengal are free to eat food of their choice and clarified that The party only opposes the open sale of beef. This controversy started after a senior Trinamool Congress leader. (TMC) leaders, including West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, criticized it as a BJP-backed move against non-vegetarian food habits.

The comment was linked to the Bihar government’s recent order regulating open sale of meat. Responding to the allegations, Bhattacharya said, “People in Bengal will eat what they want to eat. Bengal will have its own fish and meat,” rejecting TMC’s claims of a proposed ban on open sale of fish and meat in the neighboring state.

Elaborating on the Bihar directive, he said the BJP has not proposed any kind of blanket ban. “They can never say such a thing. Why can they say such a thing? No one will accept it.

TMC is twisting the comments,” he said. “Only the stuff that you sell in the open will not be allowed by the BJP,” he said. Livelihood issue? Addressing the issue again, Banerjee alleged, “If BJP comes to power, they will ban meat and fish in Bengal.

I noticed that fish and meat cannot be sold in open markets. So, can everyone sell meat and fish in shopping malls? Most fish sellers earn their bread this way. ” Politics.

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