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If you elect them (BJP), they won’t even let you sell fish or meat in the markets. I respect vegetarians, but that doesn’t mean meat sales can be prohibited in Bengal."

The statement may resonate deeply in Bengal, a state where the majority of the population is non-vegetarian.

Not first time

The Trinamool has earlier locked horns with the BJP over fish.

Ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had slammed Opposition leaders of "Mughal mentality" for consuming non-vegetarian food during Navratri. His comments came days after RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav's video of a fish meal in Patna surfaced online.

Abhishek Banerjee, national general secretary of the All India Trinamool Congress, had then alleged that PM Modi lacks understanding of the country’s diverse culture and food habits.

“The PM said those who eat fish during this holy month are not devout Hindus. He said they are Mughals. My question to the PM, does he know that in our culture Durga Puja, Kali Puja rituals are not complete without 'maach' (fish), without 'mangshho' (meat) in many Hindu households,” said Banerjee.

Last year, a political row broke out in April over the popular fish market in New Delhi’s Bengali-majority Chittaranjan Park.

Trinamool leader Mahua Moitra alleged that individuals linked to BJP had threatened fish vendors to shut their shops near a temple.

BJP leaders rejected the charge, accusing the Trinamool of twisting facts to stoke communal tensions.

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