‘Resolution In Place Since 1988’: Fadnavis Clarifies Amid Row Over Independence Day Meat Ban
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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis cited a 1988 state authorities decision empowering civic our bodies to impose such restrictions
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis the state authorities isn’t involved in policing individuals’s meals decisions. (Picture: PTI/File)
After practically half a dozen civic our bodies in Maharashtra ordered closure of meat retailers and abattoirs on Independence Day, the BJP made a clarification amid an intensifying controversy over the transfer.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis cited a 1988 state authorities decision (GR) empowering civic our bodies to impose such restrictions. He stated this isn’t a brand new resolution and has been in place since 1988, additionally current when the Uddhav Thackeray-led authorities was in energy.
He stated the state authorities isn’t involved in policing individuals’s meals decisions, however didn’t make it clear if the ban shall be eliminated.
“This resolution has been in place since 1988, we’ve got not made any new resolution. Even when Uddhav Thackeray was the chief minister, this resolution existed, and it’s nonetheless in place now. We have now not taken any new resolution,” Fadnavis instructed reporters.
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Mumbai, Maharashtra: On the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Company’s (KDMC) order banning meat gross sales on Independence Day, CM Devendra Fadnavis says, “This resolution has been in place since 1988, we’ve got not made any new resolution. Even when Uddhav Thackeray was the Chief Minister,… pic.twitter.com/Rf8Cq3EFdD— IANS (@ians_india) August 13, 2025
Municipal companies in Nagpur, Nashik, Malegaon, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Kalyan-Dombivli have issued orders directing closure of slaughterhouses and meat retailers inside their jurisdiction on August 15. A few of them have stated these amenities will stay shut on sure different days, too, in view of Hindu and Jain festivals.
He, nevertheless, asserted that the state authorities was not involved in regulating individuals’s meals decisions and described the row over abattoir closures on Independence Day as an “pointless” controversy.
“The state authorities isn’t involved in (understanding) who eats what. We have now many different points to handle,” he stated.
RULE MADE BY CONGRESS? NCP QUESTIONS BAN
The Ajit Pawar-led NCP, which is part of the ruling Mahayuti authorities, has questioned the closure of meat retailers on August 15 whilst opposition events criticised the transfer.
The BJP, nevertheless, stated the coverage to maintain abattoirs shut on Independence Day was initially framed by the Congress authorities then led by Shankarrao Chavan in 1988 and first carried out when NCP (SP) president Sharad Pawar took over as chief minister.
“Inside a month in 1988, Sharad Pawar turned the chief minister and carried out the coverage for the primary time,” state BJP chief spokesperson Keshav Upadhye stated.
Upadhye requested NCP (SP) MLA Jitendra Awhad and Shiv Sena (UBT) chief Aaditya Thackeray, who’ve opposed the closure, if they are going to query Sharad Pawar in regards to the coverage. He stated throughout the MVA authorities (November 2019 to June 2022), by which each Awhad and Thackeray had been ministers, the identical apply continued with none protest from them.
“Will they search a response from Sharad Pawar for taking such a choice again then? Will they criticise him too? Awhad and Thackeray ought to reply to it now,” he stated. “Each (Awhad and Thackeray) have misplaced their (unique) events and authorities. Due to this fact, they’re depressed and discover fault with any resolution to focus on the state authorities.”
Aaditya earlier stated the Kalyan-Dombivli civic commissioner needs to be suspended because it was not for him to dictate individuals’s dietary decisions. The Congress, in the meantime, claimed the Mahayuti authorities was creating controversies on “nonsensical” points akin to pigeon-feeding in cities and banning meat sale on Independence Day to divert consideration from severe points.
A day in the past, deputy CM Ajit Pawar expressed displeasure over the closure of slaughterhouses and retailers promoting meat on August 15 saying it was improper to impose such a ban.
He stated such varieties of restrictions are usually imposed contemplating faith-related sensitivities on events like Ashadhi Ekadashi, Mahashivratri, and Mahavir Jayanti.
“It’s improper to impose such a ban. In main cities, individuals of various castes and religions reside. Whether it is an emotional difficulty, then individuals settle for it (ban) for a day. However in the event you clamp such orders on Maharashtra Day, Independence Day and Republic Day, then it’s troublesome,” he added.
(With company inputs)
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