Protesting against meat ban on Independence Day in Maharashtra, AIMIM leader throws ‘biryani party’

On Tuesday, the ChhatrapatiSambhajinagar Municipal Corporation announced the closure of all meat shops within city limits for two days on August 15 and 20.

On Tuesday, the ChhatrapatiSambhajinagar Municipal Corporation had announced the closure of all meat shops within city limits for two days, on August 15 and August 20. However, Imtiaz Jaleel, All India Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (AIMIM) leader opposed it by organising a ‘biryani party.’

AIMIM leader throws a biryani party protesting against meat ban.

Imtiaz Jaleel to protest against meat ban organised a biryani party on Friday at his residence in Maharashtra’s ChhatrapatiSambhajinagar to protest against the local civic body’s meat ban in the city due to Independence Day and Janmashtami. The All India Majlis-e-IttehadulMuslimeen (AIMIM) leader protested against the local civic body’s meat ban in the city due to Independence Day and Janmashthami. He had earlier invited all Municipal Corporation Commissioners to “join the Chicken Biryani and Mutton Korma party,” at his residence.

Closure of all meat shops for two days. As reported by news agency PTI, on Tuesday, the ChhatrapatiSambhajinagar Municipal Corporation announced the closure of all shops, slaughterhouses, and outlets selling meat within city limits on two days, August 15 and 20. To protest the meat ban, AIMIM leader and former MP Jaleel held a biryani party at his residence to oppose the ban on meat sales. He said, “I have cooked chicken biryani along with a vegetarian dish. If the municipal commissioner comes and asks for vegetarian food, then I will offer it to him. But the government should not tell us what we should eat and what we should not.”