West Bengal Govt drops eggs from school meals; sparks row
India, June 27 -- The battle over West Bengal's political future may have ended, but one of the Assembly poll campaign's most emotive themes has resurfaced in school kitchens. The BJP Government's decision to engage ISKCON to provide cooked mid-day meals in schools under the Kolkata Municipal Corporation area and replace eggs with vegetarian alternatives has reopened a wider debate over nutrition, culture and identity. The move revived memories of the poll-season clash when fish became a political symbol, and the TMC accused the BJP of seeking to impose a vegetarian cultural template on West Bengal. Presenting the State's first Budget after the BJP's victory in the Assembly polls, Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta announced that the materi...
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