Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath
Days after renaming the Faizabad district as Ayodhya, reports have emerged that the Yogi government os considering proposal to ban the sale of liquor and meat in the entire district.
The demand to ban the sale of liquor and meat in the district was made by the local seers. Earlier on Friday, several seers including Chief Priest of Ram Janambhumi demanded that the ban should be imposed everywhere since the entire district's name has been changed.
The seers also said that the sale of meat and liquor in the entire newly name district will be an insult to Lord Ram because it is not just one part that is now recognised as Ayodhya.
They also said that the sale of these items promote evils like 'violence and pollution' and so it must be banned. However, since it an entire district concerned, the liquor and meat shop owners believe that doing so will cause great harm to their businesses and livelihood. Hence, the owners believe that it will cause grave inconvenience to the people and render a large number of them jobless.
Speaking to reporters on the issue, UP government spokesperson Srikant Sharma had said on Sunday said that the state government was very much aware of the demands made by the seers in Ayodhya.
"The government will ban the sale of liquor and meat within the legal framework,'' Sharma said.
Acharya Satyendra Das was also quoted as saying by ANI that Ayodhya is a sacred place and meat and liquor was never sold in the city, adding that the proposed ban will lead to a healthier lifestyle.
"Ayodhya has been a sacred place for centuries, meat and liquor were never sold here. Now that Faizabad has been renamed as Ayodhya, the ban should be applicable to the whole district. The ban will end the impurity and pollution and evoke a feeling of purity. This ban will help people to be healthier," Das said.
Faizabad district was renamed Ayodhya on November 6 by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the Deepotsav event.
