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Maharashtra Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis cited a 1988 state government resolution empowering civic bodies to impose such restrictions
Maharashtra CM Devendra Fadnavis the state government is not interested in policing people’s food choices. (Image: PTI/File)
After nearly half a dozen civic bodies in Maharashtra ordered closure of meat shops and abattoirs on Independence Day, the BJP made a clarification amid an intensifying controversy over the move.
Chief Minister Devendra Fadnavis cited a 1988 state government resolution (GR) empowering civic bodies to impose such restrictions. He said this is not a new decision and has been in place since 1988, also existing when the Uddhav Thackeray-led government was in power.
He said the state government is not interested in policing people’s food choices, but did not make it clear if the ban will be removed.
“This decision has been in place since 1988, we have not made any new decision. Even when Uddhav Thackeray was the chief minister, this decision existed, and it is still in place now. We have not taken any new decision,” Fadnavis told reporters.
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Mumbai, Maharashtra: On the Kalyan-Dombivli Municipal Corporation’s (KDMC) order banning meat sales on Independence Day, CM Devendra Fadnavis says, “This decision has been in place since 1988, we have not made any new decision. Even when Uddhav Thackeray was the Chief Minister,… pic.twitter.com/Rf8Cq3EFdD— IANS (@ians_india) August 13, 2025
Municipal corporations in Nagpur, Nashik, Malegaon, Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar and Kalyan-Dombivli have issued orders directing closure of slaughterhouses and meat shops within their jurisdiction on August 15. Some of them have said these facilities will remain shut on certain other days, too, in view of Hindu and Jain festivals.
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