Amidst a campaign by Hindutva organisations calling upon Hindus not to buy halal meat sold by Muslims, meat traders belonging to the community in Bengaluru reported normal business, without any dip, on Sunday.
With Sunday being varshathodaku or hosadodaku [the day after Ugadi when many communities have a non-vegetarian feast] and also it being the first day of Ramzan, almost every meat shop in the city, many of them belonging to Muslims, saw long queues.
“The campaign against halal meat seems to have had no impact on our business. People came in large numbers as usual and bought meat,” said trader M. Ali Qureshi.
