‘Sick mindset’: Opposition reacts to PM Modi’s remarks on eating non-vegetarian food during Sawan

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s remarks on political leaders eating non-vegetarian food during the month of Sawan reflect a “sick mindset” and show his nervousness ahead of the Lok Sabha elections, Opposition leaders said on Friday.

Modi alleged at a poll rally earlier in the day that Opposition leaders were trying to mock the people of the country by posting videos of themselves eating non-vegetarian food during Sawan, a holy month in the Hindu calendar.

“The law does not stop anyone from eating anything, and neither does Modi,” the prime minister said at a rally at Jammu and Kashmir’s Udhampur. “But these people have a different mentality.” The prime minister said that posting such videos reflected the ideology of Mughal invaders.

Modi appeared to be referring to a video posted in September of Rashtriya Janata Dal chief Lalu Prasad Yadav and Congress leader Rahul Gandhi cooking mutton.

Commenting on the prime minister’s remarks, Congress general secretary Jairam Ramesh said that a “panicky” prime minister was trying to find a “new diversion every day” ahead of the Lok Sabha elections.

“Every day the Prime Minister provides us with a new example of his sick mindset,” Ramesh said. “The Prime Minister’s non-stop politicking is infantile and tiresome.”

He also alleged that a Rs 4,000-crore scheme to...

Read more