Eggs and politics
“Though the politics round beef and even meat is well-known, eggs have been denied in noon meals and anganwadis in 14 out of 19 BJP majority States except for just a few different States. In lots of of those States (e.g. Chhattisgarh, Karnataka and Madhya Pradesh), persistent calls for for introducing eggs in noon meals have been vociferously resisted by privileged or higher caste vegetarian minorities. In Madhya Pradesh, their opposition didn’t even enable eggs to be served in three Adivasi-dominated districts on a pilot foundation,” acknowledged the letter.
“Just lately, the federal government of Karnataka broke this jinx with a welcome albeit completely insufficient determination (in November 2021) to introduce eggs in noon meals, a long-pending demand from youngsters, mother and father, nutritionists, medical doctors and activists – however solely in seven districts. Objections have been raised by spiritual teams who had prevented the same try in 2015, their argument being that conventional consuming practices shouldn’t be tampered with and that the imposition of eggs on vegetarian youngsters, when there are vegetarian options, is discriminatory. This argument is ridiculous on a number of counts,” the letter acknowledged.
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