Kerala Beef Row | Don't need food lessons from Delhi, Nagpur: Kerala CM takes jibe at BJP-RSS

Amid ongoing political slugfest over the Centre's decision of banning sale and purchase of cattle from animal markets for slaughter, Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan has taken a jibe at BJP-RSS saying there was no need for the people of the state to draw lessons from New Delhi or Nagpur on their food habits.

Speaking at a function at Alapuzha, Vijayan said Keralites have a traditional food habit pattern, which was healthy and nutritious, and nobody need change it.

"The state government will provide all facilities to people to partake food of their choice. There is no need for Keralites to learn it from anybody in New Delhi or Nagpur" (headquarters of RSS), Vijayan said.

Vijayan has also shot off a letter to the Prime Minister to protest the Centre's decision. 

The Kerala government has also suggested it could bring in a law to counter the central ban on sale of cattle for slaughter.

Meanwhile, amid the raging debate over the issue, police has registered a case against a Youth Congress worker Rijil Makulti and his accomplices for slaughtering a calf in public in Kannur during 'Beef fest' organised across the state by the Congress and the Left yesterday to protest the Centre's ban.

Kerala BJP president Kummanam Rajasekharan posted the video of the the gory Kannur incident on twitter, calling it "cruelty at it peak" and said no normal person can behave in this manner.

However, an embarrassed Congress sought to distance itself, saying the party will not support anyone who has violated the law, but the Youth Congress activist who led the protest said he had no regrets.

Meanwhile, Rahul Gandhi condemned the 'barbaric' incident and dubbed it as 'thoughtless and unacceptable.'

"What happened in Kerala yesterday is thoughtless, barbaric & completely unacceptable to me & the Congress Party. I strongly condemn the incident," Rahul said in a tweet.