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A controversy over food and faith has erupted in West Bengal ahead of the Durga Puja festive season following remarks by Bageshwar Dham chief Dhirendra Shastri during his Hanuman Katha in Howrah's Liluah. The preacher questioned the practice of eating non-vegetarian food near Durga idols and pandals during Navratri, calling on devotees to boycott such practices. West Bengal BJP leaders pushed back against the remarks, asserting that the state's traditional food habits cannot be dictated and noting that non-vegetarian offerings and mutton consumption remain part of traditional rituals like Navami and Ma Kali worship. Meanwhile, fresh directives for this year's Durga Puja celebrations have been announced in the state, which include a ban on liquor sales on Maha Ashtami, prohibiting DJ music during idol immersion processions, and scrapping the Durga Puja carnival on Kolkata's Red Road. Eligible Durga Puja committees are also set to receive a financial grant of one lakh rupees alongside free electricity.

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00:01some more news coming in bengal food fight ahead of puja season baba's no meat near durga
00:08idol remark sparks rao bengal bjp hits back says west bengal will eat fish and meat bjp says that
00:14bageshwar baba has no right to decide for west bengal bengal bjp also says that bengalese eat
00:20mutton on navni and goat meat is offered to makali so bjp chief shamik bhattacharya says that
00:28bengalese should not be concerned over bageshwar baba's remark that no meat should be eaten during
00:36puja so controversy has erupted after bageshwar baba was in west bengal where he uh where he said that
00:49where he in fact questioned the culture of eating non-wish during uh during navratri during durga
00:55puja and he said that meat should not be eaten near durga idol after which the bengal bjp has said
01:02that nobody has the right to decide for bengal and we will uh eat uh non-vegetarian during puja
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01:46we don't say it. We don't say it. We don't say it. We don't say it. We don't say it.
01:50We don't say it. We will say it.
01:52What will we eat in the village and what will we not eat?
01:56Mr. Sajid is not saying it. He can say it.
02:00Today we are saying that many people are vegetarian.
02:06Some are vegan.
02:08This is going on the whole world.
02:11Now we are going to appeal it.
02:15This is the right thing.
02:19We can say it.
02:23But what will we eat and what will we not eat?
02:25No one will do it.
02:29So a fresh political drought over food and faith has erupted in West Bengal
02:33just weeks ahead of Durga Puja.
02:35A comment by Bhageshwar Dharm chief Dherendra Shastri
02:38has sparked a political controversy in the state.
02:40Speaking during his three-day Hanumanth Katha in Haura's Lillua,
02:45Dherendra Shastri appealed to people that they should keep non-vegetarian food away from Durga Puja pandals.
02:51His remarks have come days after the VHP issued an advisory asking Durga Puja organizers
02:56to keep non-veget food away from the Puja premises.
02:59Bhageshwar Baba's comments have now taken the debate a step further.
03:03West Bengal BJP President Shamik Bhattacharya has pushed back,
03:06saying states' traditional food habits cannot be dictated by a religious preacher.
03:11West Bengal Chief Minister Shivendu Adhikari, on the other hand,
03:14has announced a set of new directions for this year's Durga Puja.
03:17The new directions include no liquor sales on Mahashtami,
03:21no DJ music during immersion processions,
03:23and no Durga Puja carnival, a tradition held during Mamata Banerjee's tenure.
03:28The Chief Minister has announced that committees will also get a 1 lakh rupee grant,
03:32along with free electricity.
03:36I don't know much about Baba Bagisir.
03:41He is a father of Madhya Pradesh.
03:46The people of BJP have been very committed to him.
03:51But the people who have spoken about Puja,
03:56are difficult to think about Puja.
03:58The people who have spoken about Puja,
04:01that Baba Bagisir came to him and gave him a new statement,
04:06this is not the right thing.
04:08If you are a Bagisir Baba or a non-bhaj,
04:12I will not make any comments.
04:16I will just say that this is the Durga Puja,
04:20it is being a mistake.
04:22In today's year, we have to learn from the struggle.
04:25We have to learn from what we need to do or what we need to do.
04:31This is not possible.
04:33The whole Bengal is sitting there.
04:36The government and the people who are worried about it,
04:39what are they saying?
04:41They will decide on the public.
04:44I have seen in the Durga Puja,
04:45that in the Durga Puja,
04:48the beautiful Puja,
04:49the eva.
04:50giving the people who give Devah a place,
04:53that he would make waste,
04:54that he would have had a certain number.
04:58This one would be the one-tele for me.
05:01In that case,
05:02the one would come from there.
05:02Where there will be a single word,
05:02We have seen this.
05:03We have seen that it will become the north of Man such,
05:04that even this one would love from the Burga Puja.
05:28So let's take a look at West Bengal Chief Minister Shavendu Adhikari's new order for Durga Puja.
05:34What all changes has he ordered?
05:36So there will be no liquor sale on Maha Ashtami.
05:39So liquor shops will remain closed on Maha Ashtami.
05:42That's the new directive from the West Bengal government.
05:46Chief Minister Shavendu Adhikari has announced that the liquor shops are going to be closed on Maha Ashtami.
05:53No liquor sales on Maha Ashtami.
05:54No carnival on Kolkata's Red Road.
05:57So the usual Durga Puja carnival on Red Road will not be held from this year.
06:01No DJ music during immersion processions.
06:03So loud DJ music will be banned during Durga Idol immersion processions.
06:08Religious sentiments must not be compromised.
06:11So Chief Minister Shavendu Adhikari said that Puja celebrations should respect the religious tradition and sentiments.
06:18In fact, 1 lakh rupees grant for Durga Puja committees has also been announced.
06:22So each eligible Puja committee will receive a 1 lakh rupees financial grant.
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