Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) national general secretary C.T. Ravi on Tuesday, March 29 demanded a ban of Halal food (Islamic way of slaughtering an animal though windpipe) and called it as a part of “economic Jihad.”
“Halal meat is part of an “economic jihad” by the Muslim community,” he said.
“When Muslims refuse to buy meat from Hindus, why should you insist Hindus to buy from them?” the BJP legislator from Chikmagalur said in Bengaluru.
He further said that such trade practices are a two-way street. “If Muslims agree to eat non-Halal meat, then Hindus will also use Halal meat.”
Meanwhile, 61 progressive thinkers from the state, including K. Maralusiddappa, professor S.G.0 Siddaramaiah, Bolwar Mahamad Kunhi and Dr Vijaya, have written to chief minister Basavaraj Bommai with an appeal to check religious hatred, PTI reported.