New Delhi: Reacting to the information of all meat store in Gurugram ordered to stay closed on each Tuesday citing “Hindu sentiments”, All India Majlis-e-Ittehadul Muslimeen (AIMIM) chief Asaduddin Owaisi raised concern asking how can beliefs get damage by what different persons are doing of their non-public lives.
Owaisi on Friday took to Twitter and expressed disaccord to the latest order by Municipal Corporation of Gurgaon (MCG), asking meat store homeowners to close their retailers on each Tuesday “respecting Hindu beliefs”.
“How can beliefs get hurt by what other people are doing in their private lives? People are buying, selling or eating meat, they’re not forcing you to partake. By this logic, close alcohol shops on Friday? Meat is food for millions of Indians. Cannot treat it as something impure,” he tweeted.
A report printed in The Times of India acknowledged that the choice to shut meat retailers on each Tuesday in Gurugram was taken throughout a civic physique assembly because the legislation governing them prescribes that they be closed as soon as per week.
During the assembly it was additionally determined that the license price for meat retailers shall be elevated from the present Rs 5,000 to Rs 10,000 and penalty on unauthorised butchers be hiked from present Rs 500 to Rs 5,000.
The House has additionally determined to shut down unauthorised meat retailers working in residential areas. During the dicussion, members contemplated upon two days – Sunday and Tuesday for closure of the meats retailers. Later on, the physique unanimously held view that meat retailers ought to be closed on Tuesday and never Sunday as gross sales are typically excessive on weekends.
