Food 'terrorism'

Some Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders were frustrated by the media coverage of the recent meat ban. They could not understand why some in the BJP were bent on projecting the party as intolerant of people's food choices, limiting its appeal in regions and among communities where meat eating was common. A minister even likened it to "food terrorism". It is a sentiment echoed by BJP leaders from Maharashtra and West Bengal where people, irrespective of their caste, eat meat. These leaders were hoping the party leadership would ask errant members to pipe down on the issue.