A row erupted over beef consumption on Friday after Union tourism minister KJ Alphons advised foreign tourists to eat beef in their country and not in India. “In Goa, ruled by BJP, people continue to eat beef. Kerala will also continue to eat beef, BJP doesn’t really have a problem with that,” he said. The controversy has continued to dog the government with minister of state for home affairs Kiren Rijiju in May this year taking exception to his colleague and union minister for minority affairs, Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi’s remarks that those who eat beef should go to Pakistan. “I eat beef, I’m from Arunachal Pradesh, can somebody stop me?

Source: Hindustan Times September 08, 2017 05:12 UTC