Overview
- Mamata Banerjee warned voters that a BJP government in West Bengal would restrict eating fish, meat, and eggs, saying fish is not eaten in BJP-ruled states.
- Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha rejected the charge and cited his BJP-ruled state as one of India’s top fish consumers, calling her claim misleading.
- Union minister Sukanta Majumdar said the BJP’s pick for West Bengal chief minister would be a non-vegetarian, arguing party leaders themselves eat meat and fish.
- BJP candidates in West Bengal have started carrying fish while canvassing to counter the narrative, with a video of Bidhannagar candidate Dr. Sharadwat Mukhopadhyay going viral.
- Reporting pointed to Bihar’s recent order against the open sale of meat and fish near schools, religious places, and crowded areas, a move TMC cites to argue such curbs are plausible.