If you are dying without eating beef, go to Pakistan: Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi

New Delhi: In another shocking statement, the Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on Thursday justified the beef ban and asked all those who want to eat beef to go to Pakistan.

"It is not about loss or profit... it is an issue of faith and belief. It is a sensitive issue for the Hindus," Naqvi said at a conclave organised in New Delhi.

"Those who are dying without eating beef, can go to Pakistan or Arab countries or any other part of world where it is available," he said. "Even Muslims are against it..." he contended.

On minorities issue, Naqvi also said the Narendra Modi government was taking steps to eradicate poverty among the minorities.

"It is a fact that Muslims have remained away from development. Various social security schemes started by our government would help Muslims in a big way," he added.