BBMP clears air on 'meat ban', says no meet ban on Eid in Bengaluru

Bengaluru, May 03: After some people tried to disturb peace in the state by spreading the rumors that Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike has banned meat on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the BBMP officials have now dismissed all rumors saying the news was baseless. 

 

The rumor stems from the fact that the Islamic festival of Eid will be celebrated on the same day as that Basava Jayanti. The latter is an auspicious Hindu festival, primarily observed by the Lingayat community to mark the birth anniversary of Lord Basavanna.

 

While speaking about the matter, a senior BBMP told the private newspaper that the claims of a ‘meat ban’ on Tuesday (May 3, 2022) were baseless. The official also emphasised that the Urban Development Board did not mark Basava Jayanti as a festival for restricting the sale of meat.

 

As per a news report, the moratorium on selling meat applied to Martyrs’ Day, Mahashivratri, Sri Rama Navami, Mahaveer Jayanti, Buddha Purnima, Krishna Janmasthami, Ganesh Chaturthi, Gandhi Jayanti and Sadhu Vaswani Jayanti.

 

The BBMP had earlier banned the sale of meat during Sri Ram Navami celebrations on April 10 this year, in accordance with an order by BBMP chief commissioner Gaurav Gupta dated April 3, 2022.

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