

[Alphons Kannanthanam taking charge as the new Minister of State (Independent Charge) for Tourism, in the presence of Minister of State for Culture (I/C) and Environment, Forest & Climate Change Dr. Mahesh Sharma, in New Delhi on September 04, 2017.]



New Delhi: Exposing the double standard of the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) on beef consumption yet again, the newly appointed Tourism Minister of the country Alphonse Kannanthanam said people in Kerala can eat beef and his party will not have a problem.

He said that if the BJP-ruled state Goa could eat beef, then there was no problem in Kerala.

Kannanthanam, who is a Lok Sabha MP from Kerala’s Kanjirappally constituency, said on Monday that BJP did not dictate food habits.

As reported by Scroll.in, the tourism minister said, “The BJP does not mandate that beef cannot be eaten. We don’t dictate food habits in any place. It is for the people to decide”.

Earlier, BJP chief minister in Goa Manohar Parrikar while supporting the beef consumption had said that he won’t let his state face beef shortage.



In an interview to NDTV, Alphonse said that he would act as a “bridge” between the Christian community and the BJP.

Hitting out at those who spread propaganda in 2014, that if Modi would come to power Christians will be burnt, churches will be demolished, the tourism minister said that the BJP government had been inclusive.

"The Modi government has been so inclusive... he has made it so very clear... believe in whatever you want, I will take care of you, I will protect you. There is not one incident of the burning of a church or mosque...

"The PM has done a fantastic job,” Alphonse said.

In total contrast to the statement of Alphonse Kannanthanam, the first thing that the Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) did soon after forming government in Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh was to impose a ban on beef. It also did the same in states like Haryana and Rajasthan.



