Bengal Snubs Baba Bageshwar, Reject Vegetarian Call During Durga Puja

Bengal BJP chief rejects Bageshwar Baba's ‘non-veg’ appeal: ‘No one can tell Bengalis what to eat’

This comes after Shastri, popularly known as Bageshwar Baba, described those who consumed non-vegetarian food during festive season as “pakhandi”.

"Bengalis Will Eat Fish, Meat": State BJP On Dhirendra Shastri's Meat Ban Call

Dhirendra Shastri appealed for a ban on the sale of non-vegetarian food near Durga idols during the festive period and urged Hindus in Bengal to observe Navaratri.

Bengal snubs Baba Bageshwar, reject vegetarian call during Durga Puja

The Bengal BJP chief even invoked Swami Vivekanda to establish that even Goddesss Kali is offered mutton in certain temples in Bengal.

‘Bengalis will eat what they traditionally eat’: Samik Bhattacharya rejects calls to avoid non-veg

The Opposition Trinamool Congress and CPI-M said that Chief Minister Suvendu Adhikari had welcomed Shastri to the state.

Bengal BJP chief rejects Bageshwar Baba's meat diktat, says 'Bengalis will eat whatever they want'

West Bengal BJP president Samik Bhattacharya on Monday rejected self-styled godman Dhirendra Shastri's appeal to Bengalis to give up non-vegetarian food during Durga Puja festivities, asserting that no visiting religious figure can prescribe what people in the state should eat or wear.