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Muzaffarnagar, March 30: With no source of income in view of the recent crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses, meat sellers in Uttar Pradesh have now started turning into meat sellers. According to ANI, three meat sellers in Muzaffarnagar turned to tea business, claiming that their shops have been closed even as they had licences. “My meat shop has been forcefully closed even when I had proper licence. I’m forced to sell tea now,” said Nazakat, a Muzaffarnagar resident, as quoted by ANI.
Meanwhile, the indefinite strike called by meat sellers in Uttar Pradesh continues for the fourth day on Thursday, leading to shortage of meat across the state. There have been reports of people having forced to serve vegetarian food at weddings due to shortage of chicken and meat. On Wednesday, vegetable biryani was served at a Muslim mass wedding in Moradabad due to shortage of chicken and meat. Similarly, in another incident in Moradabad, a man failed to get police permission for serving beef to guests at his daughter’s engagement function. The police reportedly asked him to make do with chicken.
On the other hand, the crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses has also spread to other states including Jharkhand, Rajasthan and Madhya Pradesh. In Jharkhand, many illegal slaughterhouses were closed down in Ranchi as the 72 hours ultimatum given by the state government ended on Thursday.
Uttar Pradesh: Three meat sellers in Muzaffarnagar turn to tea business, claim that their shops have been closed even as they had license pic.twitter.com/fiUciWQ9Qe
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) March 30, 2017
On Tuesday, the meat sellers on strike met Uttar Pradesh Minister Siddharth Nath Singh to find a solution to the crisis. The Yogi Adityanath government has maintained that the crackdown has been only on illegal slaughterhouses while the legal ones are not being touched.
The Bharatiya Janata Party in its manifesto for the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections had promised that illegal slaughterhouses in the state will be shut as soon as the party comes to power. Sticking by its word, Yogi Adityanath, after being sworn in as the Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister on March 19, launched a crackdown on illegal slaughterhouses from the very next day.
Reports say that the crackdown affected many restaurants and meat shops including Lucknow’s famous Tunday Kababi. The owner of Tunday Kababi has reportedly been forced to sell mutton and chicken kebabs in place of its famous beef kebabs, slowing down its business. Similar reports have emerged from other parts of the state since the crackdown and strike began.
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