Kids Being Forced to Become Non-Vegetarians 🍛

More than six months after the Congress government in Chhattisgarh re-introduced eggs in its mid-day meal scheme to fight chronic malnourishment among school children, a controversy has erupted with a social organisation and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) claiming that the move will force “vegetarian” children to eat eggs. The previous BJP government had removed eggs from the menu of mid-day meals in 2015 saying it hurts religious sentiments of the people. On July 12, about four hundred Kabir Panthis (followers of Kabir, a 15th century saint) submitted a memorandum to Kawardha district collector demanding that eggs be removed from mid-day meal to students and threatened to block highways in the state. They complained that eggs were “against their customs” as they are vegetarians. Several Congress MLAs have written to chief minister Baghel asking him to continue serving eggs in mid-day meals. About 30 NGOs working in Chhattisgarh under the Right to Food Campaign have also backed the government and said that eggs are necessary to fight malnutrition in the state.

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Source: Kids being forced to become non-vegetarians’, BJP targets Chhattisgarh govt over eggs in mid-day meals

Location: India

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