Buffalo taken off menu at Kerala House

New Delhi:   Kerala government on Tuesday asserted that there was no beef being served at Kerala House here and lodged a complaint with Delhi Police over the unauthorised entry of some activists into the state-run guest house even as buffalo meat was removed from the menu.
Briefing reporters at Kerala House in Delhi, Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson dismissed claims that beef was served in the canteen there. “No. I totally deny it. We have never done it. What they have done is they have given buffalo meat and that is what they term as beef. No cow meat was served,” he said.
Some 20 police officials visited the guest house on Monday evening to verify if its canteen was serving beef after a caller who identified himself as Vishnu Gupta of Hindu Sena complained that beef was served in the Kerala House canteen, Deputy Commissioner of Police Jatin Narwal said.
Even as Kerala government lodged a complaint with Delhi Police on Tuesday over the unauthorised entry of some activists into Kerala House following allegations of cow meat being served there, a CPI(M) MP termed the incident as “highly deplorable”.
Briefing reporters at Kerala House in Delhi, Kerala Chief Secretary Jiji Thomson dismissed claims that beef was served in the canteen there.
“No. I totally deny it. We have never done it. What they have done is they have given buffalo meat and that is what they term as beef. No cow meat was served,” he said.
Noting that a complaint has been lodged with Delhi Police over the entry of some activists into Kerala House without taking permission from the Resident Commissioner, Thomson said that they were waiting for police action with respect to their complaint.
“Yesterday, we were told that some activists have entered without the permission of the Resident Commissioner, ” he said.
Meanwhile, A Sampath, a CPI(M) MP representing Attingal Lok Sabha constituency in Kerala, said that the incident was “humiliating” for the state government.
“As a member of Parliament, I feel that it is something humiliating to the state government,” he said. (Agencies)