<p>Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa said on Tuesday, “Let them consume beef at home and die,” in reference to those who ate beef at a public function in Mysuru on Sunday.<br /><br />He termed those who eat beef in public as mad people. The former chief minister was addressing a press conference in the city.<br /><br />“We have no objection if people eat beef at home,” Yeddyurappa said. He demanded punishment for and boycott of people who consumed beef on the Kalamandira premises in Mysuru.<br /><br />“People will not accept such an act. Even god will not approve of it,” he said, adding that 99% of the people were opposed to consumption of beef in public.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa said MLAs representing BSR Congress and independents would vote for NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind. <br /><br />The former chief minister had breakfast at the house of Dalit woman, Sunkalamma, at Bapuji Nagar and distributed a stove and LPG cylinder to her.<br /><br />Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlaje, who accompanied Yeddyurappa, said it was not right on the part of Pejawar seer Vishwesha Theertha Swami to host an iftar party at the Krishna Mutt in Udupi.<br />DH News Service</p>
<p>Former chief minister B S Yeddyurappa said on Tuesday, “Let them consume beef at home and die,” in reference to those who ate beef at a public function in Mysuru on Sunday.<br /><br />He termed those who eat beef in public as mad people. The former chief minister was addressing a press conference in the city.<br /><br />“We have no objection if people eat beef at home,” Yeddyurappa said. He demanded punishment for and boycott of people who consumed beef on the Kalamandira premises in Mysuru.<br /><br />“People will not accept such an act. Even god will not approve of it,” he said, adding that 99% of the people were opposed to consumption of beef in public.<br /><br />Yeddyurappa said MLAs representing BSR Congress and independents would vote for NDA’s presidential candidate Ram Nath Kovind. <br /><br />The former chief minister had breakfast at the house of Dalit woman, Sunkalamma, at Bapuji Nagar and distributed a stove and LPG cylinder to her.<br /><br />Lok Sabha member Shobha Karandlaje, who accompanied Yeddyurappa, said it was not right on the part of Pejawar seer Vishwesha Theertha Swami to host an iftar party at the Krishna Mutt in Udupi.<br />DH News Service</p>
