Meaty Affair: Why the 9-day Navratri Festival Has Spurred Demands to Ban Meat Shops in Delhi, UP
2 years, 8 months ago

Meaty Affair: Why the 9-day Navratri Festival Has Spurred Demands to Ban Meat Shops in Delhi, UP

News 18  

As soon as the nine-day-long festival of Navratri started, district officials in Delhi and Uttar Pradesh have issued an order to shut meat shops during the festival as according to them “the religious beliefs and sentiments of devotees are affected when they come across such shops”. In Aligarh, district panchayat chairman Vijay Singh had issued an order on April 2 asking all meat shops in areas falling under the jurisdiction of the Zila panchayat to shut down “during the period of the Navratri festival”. Speaking to PTI, Suryan on Monday said that an official order regarding closure of meat shops will be issued soon and such shops “will not be allowed to open from Tuesday”. “Keeping in view the sentiments and feelings of the general public, necessary directions may be issued to the officers concerned to take action for the closure of meat shops during the nine-day period of the Navratri festival extending from April 2, 2022 to April 11, 2022,” Suryan wrote.

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Hindustan Times  

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Firstpost  

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News 18  

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News 18  

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India TV News  

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Firstpost  

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The Hindu  

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News 18  

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2 years, 8 months ago

Have Issued No Such Orders: UP Govt on Meat Shops Being Closed on Navratri

News 18  

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News 18  

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3 years, 9 months ago

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India Today  

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Deccan Chronicle  

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