Rijiju Does a U-Turn, Says he was ‘Misquoted’ on Beef Remark

Following a controversy over his remarks on the beef ban, MoS Home Kiren Rijiju says he was “misquoted”.

In a sharp u-turn from his previous comment, MoS Home Kiren Rijiju has said that he was “misquoted” by the media on his beef remark.

Earlier, the Minister had hit back at Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi for his comments that people who eat beef should go to Pakistan. Rijiju said,

I eat beef, I’m from Arunachal Pradesh, can somebody stop me? So let us not be touchy about somebody’s practices.

Following a controversy over his remark, Rijiju has clarified in a post on the social media. He says,

India is a secular country where food habits can’t be stopped but the faiths and sentiments of Hindus must be respected in Hindu majority states same as other communities have rights in their own areas.

- Kiren Rijiju, MoS Home