Bollywood criticises ban on beef in Maharashtra
The bill banning cow slaughter in the state, received President Pranab Mukherjee's assent
Mumbai: A host of Bollywood celebrities including Farhan Akhtar, Ayushmann Khurrana and Richa Chadha today slammed the ban on beef in Maharashtra, saying it is a 'violation of human rights'.
The bill banning cow slaughter in the state, pending for the past several years, yesterday received President Pranab Mukherjee's assent.
Here's what the celebrities had to say.
#BeefBan is a violation of human rights. The govt cannot dictate what I eat.
— Onir (@IamOnir) March 3, 2015I am a vegetarian. And banning beef is communal politics.
— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) March 3, 2015Dear Govt. With beef, let's ban teeth. We can live on vegetable smoothies and this way your politicians can't make hate speeches anymore :-)
— Vir Das (@thevirdas) March 3, 2015Stop banning food. And stop passing off bank accounts to be money. Thanks.
— ?anvi?_ ?ho?e?_ (@RanvirShorey) March 3, 2015So now in Maharashtra you can have a beef with someone but you can't have beef with someone.
— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) March 3, 2015Gau maata. Humein kuch nahi aata! #beefban
— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) March 3, 2015