Bengaluru: Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) on Tuesday banned sale of meat for one day in the state on the occasion of Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
The decision by BBMP in Congress-ruled Karnataka comes amidst the raging row over meat ban in several BJP-ruled states, including neighbouring Maharashtra. BBMP Commissioner G Kumar Naik said "it is a routine thing practiced on account of festivities."
Food and Civil Supplies Minister Dinesh Gundu Rao distanced the government from the decision banning sale of meat.
"BBMP has taken the decision, it is a routine thing. Government has not taken any such decision," he said.
There has been a row over such a directive in Mumbai where ruling BJP's ally Shiv Sena and opposition MNS hit the streets to protest.
While the ruling BJP in Maharashtra has defended the ban imposed by Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the Sena as well as opposition MNS and Congress and the NCP have vehemently opposed it, alleging that the move was aimed at polarising voters and appease a section of society before the crucial MCGM polls in early 2017.
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