Yogi Government's BIG Action: Halal Certified Products Banned In Uttar Pradesh
It seems that you are interested in the recent news about the ban on Halal-certified products in Uttar Pradesh. According to the news sources, the Yogi government has taken a decisive step against the unauthorized practice of granting Halal certificates to food and cosmetic products¹. The government has also banned the sale of Halal-certified products¹. This move is seen as a part of the larger agenda of the Hindutva regime to target the Muslim community and their livelihoods²⁵. The ban on Halal-certified products comes after the chief minister had imposed a complete ban on the sale of liquor and meat in Mathura⁴, asking people in the trade to sell milk instead⁴. The meat trade in Uttar Pradesh has been suffering since 2017, when the Yogi government launched a crackdown on 'illegal' abattoirs⁶. The COVID-19 lockdown also had a debilitating effect on the meat trade in UP, leading to some poultry farmers committing suicide due to mounting financial losses⁵. However, despite the politicisation of meat and the harassment of the meat sellers, Uttar Pradesh emerged as the largest exporter of boneless meat in 2020, with the estimated value of the business to be around $ 2012 million⁵. This paradox is explained by the economic interests of the big corporations and the larger political agenda of the Hindutva regime⁵.
Source: Conversation with Bing, 11/18/2023
(1) Yogi Government's BIG Action: Halal Certified Products Banned In Uttar Pradesh. https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/yogi-government-s-big-action-halal-certified-products-banned-in-uttar-pradesh/ar-AA1k8VgS.
(2) 'Halal' Certification To Become 'Haram' In UP; Yogi Govt Mulling Ban. https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/other/halal-certification-to-become-haram-in-up-yogi-govt-mulling-ban/ar-AA1k8mQy.
(3) Meat Trade on a Knife's Edge Due to Yogi's Policies, Mathura Ban the .... https://www.thequint.com/news/politics/mathura-meat-ban-uttar-pradesh-yogi-adityanath-poultry-trade.
(4) Uttar Pradesh CM Yogi Adityanath Bans Meat, Alcohol Sales in Mathura. https://thewire.in/politics/uttar-pradesh-cm-yogi-adityanath-bans-meat-alcohol-sales-in-mathura.
(5) How UP's meat business was run before Yogi Adityanath cracked the whip. https://www.indiatoday.in/india/uttar-pradesh/story/meat-sellers-business-uttar-pradesh-slaughter-houses-yogi-adityanath-968803-2017-03-31.
(6) FIR registered against companies making Halal products. https://www.msn.com/en-in/video/other/fir-registered-against-companies-making-halal-products/ar-AA1k87Lx.
(7) undefined. https://t.co/WCpngBX9ys.
