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Haryana CM denies saying Muslims have to give up beef

TNN | Oct 16, 2015, 09.48AM IST

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Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar. (TOI Photo)

NEW DELHI: Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar has denied saying that "Muslims should stay, but they will have to give up eating beef" because "the cow is an article of faith" for Hindus, while Muslims wouldn't "be violating their religious beliefs by giving up beef".

"My words have been misconstrued and twisted," Khattar said, about his interview published in Friday's Indian Express. "If anyone has been hurt by my words, I am ready to apologize to them...We were raised in unity in the society, our ideology is that of secularism," Haryana's Chief Minister said.
Khattar is also quoted as saying in the newspaper that the lynching of a Muslim in Dadri -for allegedly eating beef -was "wrong" and the "result of a misunderstanding".
"Our CM didn't say anything like this, all he said was we should respect everyone... The newspaper which has posted this news piece has tried to put words in the Haryana CM's mouth," said Jawahar Yadav, officer on special duty to the Chief Minister.