The decision comes after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in power in the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation, won a vote to ban meat sales and animal slaughter during the fasting period.
Mumbai: Residents of Mira Road and Bhayander in the northern suburbs of Mumbai will have to go without meat for eight days during the Jain fasting period.
The decision comes after the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), which is in power in the Mira Bhayander Municipal Corporation, won a vote to ban meat sales and animal slaughter during the fasting period.
The BJP got 29 votes in favour of the ban.
A meeting will be held on Monday to work out the modalities of implementing the ban.
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