The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) General Secretary Mr. C.T. Ravi made a controversial remark over the ongoing “Halal Row” in Bengaluru, Karnataka.
On the 29th of March, Tuesday, the BJP Legislature from Karnataka said,” Halal food is akin to economic jihad.” The statement came at a time when right-wing people were protesting against halal and demanded to boycott halal meat. Reacting to the same, Mr. C.T. Ravi said, “Halal is economic jihad. It is used like jihad to stop Muslims from doing business with others. It has been imposed. When they think that halal meat should be used, what is wrong in saying that it should not be used?”
It is to be noted, Muslim people refused to buy meat from Hindu butchers (people who belong to the non-vegetarian section, doing meat business) saying that the meat is not Halal. The BJP leader called this tradition of Halal meat to be economic jihad. Furthermore, Hindus in the State asked the people to skip the tradition, whereas, after Ugadi, the Hindu New Year festival, a section of people offer meat to God and mark the Telugu New Year.
Mr. Ravi said, “Halal meat offered to “their God” is dear to them (Muslims) but for Hindus, it is somebody’s leftover.” He further added, “When Muslims refuse to buy meat from Hindus, why should you insist on Hindus buying from them? What right do people have to even ask this?”
While the BJP legislator’s statement added fuel to the controversy, Mr. H.D. Kumaraswamy, the former CM of Karnataka denounced such trends and asked Hindus to not “spoil” the state, which is a “garden of racial peace and faith”. He said, “I want to ask the government where you want to lead this state too. With folded hands, I ask Hindu youths not to spoil the state.”
In the past few days, Karnataka has been witnessing hatred from religious angles, affecting communal harmony of the State. First, it was about Hijab Row, when the matter was resolved after a month with the Karnataka HC Judgement, the State witnessed an issue over the shops of Muslim vendors in Hindu temples.
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