Incredibly funny and inaccurate statements said by our leaders publicly will never stop going out of trend! Recently, Financial Minister Nirmala Sitharaman had stated that the automobile industry slowdown was caused by millenials who now prefer booking an Ola/Uber instead of buying a new car. And now, one Madhya Pradesh politician has set the bar of bizarre statements even higher.
According to a report by NDTV, Madhya Pradesh BJP leaderĀ Gopal Bhargava went on record to say that children who eat eggs will grow up to become cannibals. He said this statement while criticising the inclusion of eggs in the meals served to the children in MP anganwadis as it was “interfering with the faith and religious beliefs of the people”.
“In our Indian culture, eating of meat is not allowed. If we eat this from childhood then I don’t know, when we grow up we could become cannibals,” he said.
Watch the video here:
#WATCH Madhya Pradesh (MP) BJP leader Gopal Bhargava on MP government's proposal to distribute eggs at Anganwadis says, "Bharat ke jo sanskar hain, sanatan sanskriti mein mansahaar nished hai. Agar bachpan se hi hum ise khaayenge toh bade ho kar nar bhakshi na ho jaayen." (30.10) pic.twitter.com/s9INELUsYw
— ANI (@ANI) October 31, 2019
As was expected, Twitter users assembled and ridiculed the man for his scientifically inaccurate and bizarre statement. Some egg-eaters played along and asked him how long would it take for them to turn into cannibals!
I eat 8 – 10 eggs daily , how long before I start eating humans š¤
— arsh chandra (@arrsh8) October 31, 2019
Na khaunga na khane dunga šš
— Rajat (@Cobrakai_1) October 31, 2019
https://twitter.com/ManaliGharat/status/1189788609273925633
Extra ordinary idiot.
— WELL_FLR (@ftmtbatt) October 31, 2019
Abeh pic.twitter.com/K3ZFeg0AfI
— Kepler (@Kepler___22) October 31, 2019
Since I learnt to eat… I have eaten not just eggs, but fish, Prawns and Mutton n Chicken regularly… What must I have become now.
Keen to find out, from this nutty BJP man.
Possibly he will not come near me.
— Indur Chhugani (@IndurChhugani) October 31, 2019
This man should be returned into the egg… from which was born.
— Indur Chhugani (@IndurChhugani) October 31, 2019
Is this sanskriti applicable when we host non-veg dinner for Xi Jinping in a temple? pic.twitter.com/NizM1txAjj
— Sloth (@Shikh55_) October 31, 2019
All is fine for foodies until people start dictating the kind of food you should eat in the name of culture and religion. Live, and let live; eat, and let eat!