Bengaluru: Karnataka Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai on Wednesday said the state government would look into the "serious objections" raised over halal meat, with some right-wing groups giving a call to boycott it. The Chief Minister also said as far as his government is concerned there are "only wings of growth", and no right wing or left wing.
"It (halal issue) has just now started. We have to study in entirety, because it has nothing to do with any rules. It is a practice which was going on. Now, serious objections have been raised regarding it. We will look into that," Bommai said in response to a question on the government's stand on the halal issue. "We will make our stand known later. Various organisations will be doing their own campaigns, we know what to respond to and what not to. Where it is required, we will respond. We don't (respond), when it is not required," he said when asked to give clarity on a campaign to boycott halal by Hindu organisations. Some right-wing groups have given a call to boycott halal meat, ahead of varshadodaku', the day after Ugadi when many communities in the state have a non-vegetarian feast.