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UP crackdown on illegal meat shops: Minister S Nath Singh says will meet delegation of meat processors today

by IBNS 28 Mar 2017, 09:01 am

Lucknow, Mar 28 (IBNS) : A delegation of meat processors is expected to meet Uttar Pradesh Health Minister Siddharth Nath Singh on Tuesday to discuss the Government crackdown on illegal slaughter houses and police "harassment" of those in the business.

According to the Indian Express, while Singh has not promised any revision of the Government agenda on the issue, he said that whatever is written in the meat processors'  memorandum will be looked into.

 This meeting comes in the backdrop of indefinite strike by meat sellers especially mutton vendors over the clampdown on illegal slaughterhouses in Uttar Pradesh.

According to the Indian Express, President of Uttar Pradesh Meat-Murga Vyapari Kalyan Samiti, Iqbal Qureshi said that the strike will continue and also that they are preparing the memorandum to be presented to the government.

He also added,” We will continue our strike, as the actions which have been taken are arbitrary. We will try to meet the chief minister… if we do not get time, we will meet senior officers or the minister for urban development.”

The Lucknow Bakra Gosht Vypar Mandal have also threatened that they are not planning to call off the strike anytime soon and that the strike will go on indefinitely.