‘Lord Ram was a non-vegetarian’, NCP’s Jitendra Awhad says at a Maharashtra event; raises controversy

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Updated At : 03:48 PM Jan 04, 2024 IST

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Ahmednagar, January 4

Nationalist Congress Party-Sharad Pawar faction leader Jitendra Awhad has courted a controversy with his statements on Lord Ram.

Awhad on Wednesday claimed that Lord Ram was a non-vegetarian, contrary to common belief.

This comes a day after BJP MLA Ram Kadam urged the Maharashtra government for a one-day ban on alcohol and meat on the Ayodhya consecration ceremony day on January 22.

“Ram is ours. Ram belongs to the Bahujans. Ram was not a vegetarian, he was a non-vegetarian,” Awhad said while addressing an event in Maharashtra’s Shirdi on Wednesday.

Awhad said, “Where would a person living in the forest for 14 years go to find vegetarian food?”

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