In view of Buddha Purnima, the Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) has banned the sale and slaughter of meat in Bengaluru, as per ANI.
This comes after the BBMP had earlier banned the animal slaughter and the sale of meat on the occasion of Ram Navami.
#MeatBan | Karnataka | In view of #BuddhaPurnima, BBMP announces a ban on the sale and slaughter of meat in Bengaluru.
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In an interview with News18, activist Brinda Adige questioned the logic behind banning meat on every festival.
Adige said, “There are lots of reasons that are being given, saying this is to safeguard the sentiments of people of a particular community, because on that particular day which is their festival they do not want animals to be slaughtered.”
She asked if it was okay with the people of that community and their sentiments if the animals were slaughtered before or after their festival day.
She further added that the government and the BBMP is not realising that the daily wage earners depend on this for their livelihood which is being snatched away from them.
#MeatBan | #Karnataka | Activist @BrindaAdige & Advocate @ads_0013 share their views on the meat ban, in view of #BuddhaPurnima. Join the broadcast with @Runjhunsharmas pic.twitter.com/Ocn8bN8GLp — News18 (@CNNnews18) May 15, 2022
As per Hindustan Times, sale of meat is banned in Bengaluru on the following days:
Martyrs’ Day (Jan 3)
Mahashivratri (March 1)
Sri Rama Navami (April 10)
Mahaveer Jayanti (April 14)
Buddha Purnima (May 16)
Krishna Janmasthami (August 19)
Ganesh Chaturthi (August 31)
Gandhi Jayanti (October 2)
Sadhu Vaswani Jayanti (Nov 25)
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