MP and animal rights activist Maneka Gandhi advised Jains to protest promotion of egg as wholesome diet in government schemes for child nutrition.
Responding to a query from the audience about promotion of egg at a meeting organised by the Sri Jain Seva Sangh here on Wednesday, Ms. Gandhi claimed that egg is made of menstrual blood of chicken, and hence, not fit for consumption especially by children.
“There is more protein in two spoons of dal than in one egg. Besides, eggs increase cholesterol in the body and cause pollution,” she said, while advocating that government programmes promoting eggs should be stopped.
