Kerala Minister clarifies on 'beef recipe' row, says ‘no one linking food with religion’

Amid controversy surrounding Kerala Tourism sharing a beef recipe on Twitter on occasion of Makar Sankranti, Tourism Minister K Surendran on Friday clarified that State government h "interest in hurting religious beliefs of anyone" and criticised attempt to give incident a "communal colour".

"In Kerala, one is linking food with religion. government does t have any interest in hurting religious beliefs of anyone. Giving communal colour to this is condemnable," Surendran said at a press conference.

He furr said that some people were trying to give it scenario communal angle by demanding "pork recipes" on Twitter.

"Those who are trying to find communalism in all this, are creating a controversy by saying 'put pork pictures'. Many dishes, including pork pictures, are alrey on website, y might t have seen," Surendran ded.

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Kerala Tourism h shared recipe of a local meat dish, popular in Central Travancore region of Kerala, named Beef Ularthiyathu, which is a special delicacy in region.

Taking to its Twitter handle, Kerala Tourism wrote, "A recipe for most classic dish, Beef Ularthiyathu, from land of spices, Kerala."

Netizens gave mixed responses to tweet, while some said "beef is t Kerala's culture", ors called recipe "a match me in heaven".

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VHP outrd on Kerala Tourism sharing local beef dish

Vishwa Hindu Parish (VHP) leer Vid Bansal on Thursday criticized a tweet by Kerala Tourism promoting a local beef delicacy. Bansal said that tweet hurts sentiments of crores of Hindus who worship cows and sought action from Home Minister Amit Shah, as well MoS of Culture and Tourism Prahl Patel against Kerala tourism department. 

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(With inputs from ANI)