West Bengal CM supports Kajol in Beef controversy

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West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee came forward and supported Bollywood actress Kajol in the ongoing beef controversy. She said it was a dangerous situation where even popular actors were forced to explain what they have consumed.

01 / 27

West Bengal CM supports Kajol in Beef controversy

In a reference to Bollywood actress Kajol, who clarified after being trolled on social media that she had eaten buffalo meat and not beef, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee said it was a dangerous situation where even popular actors were forced to explain what they have consumed.

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Addressing a public meeting in North Dinajpur district, the Trinamool Congress supremo said that actors had to come up with the clarification as an environment of fear prevails in the country. (BCCL)

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03 / 27

Mamta said, "A popular actress, I don't want to take her name, but she has done a lot of films opposite Shah Rukh Khan, had to give clarification on Twitter that she had buffalo meat not beef. Why does she have to give a clarification? (BCCL)

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04 / 27

"She had to as an environment of fear prevails in the country. Some people are trying to dictate to others what they will eat. This is a dangerous situation, an alarming situation," Mamata further added. (BCCL)

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05 / 27

Kajol became the target of the trolls after she posted a video of a beef dish at a restaurant where she had visited recently. (BCCL)

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Kajol, whose oeuvre of hit films include Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge, Ishq, Baazigar, Fanaa and Kuch Kuch Hota Hai, later said it was only buffalo meat which is ‘legally’ available. (BCCL)

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07 / 27

"I am issuing this clarification because this is a sensitive matter that may hurt religious sentiments, which is not my intention," Kajol said on Twitter. (BCCL)

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08 / 27

Earlier, Kajol was on top of the hit list of trolls on May 1, 2017. All because she had posted a video of a 'beef' dish that her friend had prepared.

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However, the actress later clarified that it was actually buffalo meat.

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10 / 27

Apparently, to avoid a massive controversy and to save oneself from anti-beef groups, the actress, even before she could settle the taste of the palatial dish, had to issue a statement on Twitter, saying she did not want to hurt religious sentiments and that the dish was not beef.

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