Police have denied permission to a Muslim family in Moradabad, who approached the authorities seeking permission to serve buffalo meat at a family function. The family said they had arranged for buffalo meat to be served at the engagement ceremony before the government’s clampdown on slaughterhouses and that they had decided to get written permission in order to carry out their plans.
Meat sellers across Uttar Pradesh go on an indefinite strike from Monday against the crackdown on illegal and mechanised slaughterhouses. “The government must allow renewal of existing licenses,” said one of the meat sellers at the protest. Under pressure, UP government issues a hasty clarification. During Question Hour in the Lok Sabha, Hyderabad MP Asaduddin Owaisi said the export of buffalo meat had gone down and China was not allowing the import of Indian buffalo meat.
Protesting against the crackdown on illegal and mechanised slaughter houses in Uttar Pradesh, meat sellers here have gone on an indefinite strike . The mutton and chicken sellers who have pulled down their shutters have threatened to intensify their stir from Monday, said Mubeen Qureshi of the Lucknow Bakra Gosht Vypar Mandal. As a result, non veg food outlet, including the famous Tunday and Rahim's, who had shifted to mutton and chicken dishes after buffalo meat became scarce, too kept their shops shut.
A Muslim family in Uttar Pradesh’s Moradabad district has been denied permission to serve buffalo meat at their daughter’s engagement ceremony by the local police. Sarfaraz Ahmed, the bride’s daughter, had originally planned to treat guests with a fare largely made of Buff and had sough permission for the same from the local police. However, his plea was turned down and he was asked to Replace Buffalo meat with chicken.
Kebab connoisseurs in Lucknow had never imagined that their culinary pilgrimage in the city would face a lull. Much to the dismay of its loyal patrons, popular eatery Tunday Kabab’s Akbari Gate outlet was forced to shut shop on Wednesday.
