Kiren Rijiju hits back at Union Minister Naqvi, says I eat beef, can somebody stop me?

Union Minister of State for Home Kiren Rijiju on Tuesday described the statement recently made by Union Minister of State for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi on cow slaughter as 'not palatable'. During a visit to Aizawl, Rijju said, "I eat beef, I'm from Arunachal Pradesh, can somebody stop me?," reported a leading daily. Rijju also said that while states having Hindu majority could enact legislation banning cow slaughter, it could not be imposed on north eastern states where majority of the people are eating beef. Terming the recent statement of Naqvi as "not good", he, however, said that the Minister was using his freedom of speech and expression. He said that the cultures, traditions, habits and sentiments of all the people in the country should be respected and honoured. Meanwhile, taking a pot-shot at BJP government, Congress spokesperson Shakeel Ahmed tweeted, "Modi government's MoS Home and BJP leader Kiran Rijiju says ''I eat beef''. When Mr Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi is sending his own minister to Pakistan?." Few days ago, Union minister Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi had asked that those "dying" to eat beef to leave for Pakistan   DNA