Kolkata, June 27 -- ISKCON Vice President Radharaman Das on Saturday responded to the ongoing row over the West Bengal mid-day meal scheme amid reports that eggs may be removed from the menu if ISKCON is assigned the responsibility of preparing meals in schools.

Radharaman Das highlighted ISKCON's global outreach and vegetarian movement while speaking on the issue.

"The founder of ISKCON, Acharya Prabhupada, was also a Bengali who spread the spirit of Krishna Consciousness to the whole world. Today, there are 8 crore (80 million) vegetarians worldwide through ISKCON, and they are very happy and healthy," he said.

Responding to claims and concerns over nutritional value, Radharaman Das rejected what he called misinformation and argued t...