People should be allowed to eat beef if they want to: NITI Aayog CEO
February 03, 2016  18:31
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Senior bureaucrat Amitabh Kant is of the view that in a democracy like India people should be allowed to eat beef if they want to, asserting there should be a freedom of choice.

Well, I believe we are in a democracy which allows people to decide what they want to say, which would allow people to decide what they want to eat, said Kant, who is Secretary in Department of Industrial Policy and Promotion in Government of India, at an NDTV event.

Asked if that includes eating beef, he shot back, Of course. There should be freedom of choice. I said it in the context, the fact that I come from Kerala cadre, my neighbour was a Nair, my right hand neighbour was a Brahmin, they all ate beef. We all grew up eating beef in that state. There should be freedom of choice.

Kant, who is also the acting CEO of NITI Aayog, also took a swipe at Bollywood actor Aamir Khan whom he had countered on his remarks over climate of intolerance in the country.

I think everyone should have the freedom to say what they want except when he is the brand ambassador of Incredible India, said Kant.
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