Congress owned National Herald publishes articles calling vegetarianism of Gujaratis & Jainism as “food terrorism” [ Maharashtra, India ]

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Vegetarianism is a core concept and belief of the Sanatan Dharma, however, in recent times people have come up with a twist of modern times.

On 24th October Sujata Anandan called vegetarianism of Jains and Gujaratis in Mumbai “food terrorism” in her article published in National Herald .

Sujata Anandan wrote on X, “Go back to Gujarat if you don’t like the smell of fish and rice – Maharashtrians begin to reclaim their own state.”

Sujata Anandan said in her article titled ‘Dietary Apartheid: Mumbai Gets a Taste of Food Terrorism’, “Fish and rice are the staples of Maharashtrians and they don’t see why they should give up their diet to please later settlers, like the Gujaratis who hate even the smell of fish. In an incident in a Mumbai suburb, the Gujaratis were even more aggressive—they started dumping garbage at the doors of the Maharashtrian residents, even dog poop and cow dung. The majority of society in this case backed them up, completely ostracizing the family and forcing the Maharashtrians out of the building.

This kind of food terrorism began in the late 1980s, when former prime minister Morarji Desai forced the shutdown of a non-vegetarian restaurant on the ground floor of his building, claiming that the odours disturbed his tranquillity.

Social media posts by young Maharashtrians have been raging against the Shethjis and Bhatjis – Gujarati traders and priests – and calling to banish them from Mumbai and Maharashtra! Former Maharashtra minister Jitendra Awhad of the Nationalist Congress Party pointed out that the Kolis (fishermen), the Agris (who built Mumbai for the British) and the upper-‘crust Pathare Prabhus (who gave the city a cultural mooring) are the original inhabitants of Mumbai.”

Notably, the National Herald has over and over proven to be the mouthpiece of Congress and its leaders have always made clear that they are against the Sanatan Dharma.

Sujata Anandan had previously tweeted on X (previously Twitter), ascribed the honour of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s bravery to the Mughals. She further stated that Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj’s army soldiers would rob and rape people.