Biryani sales surge as Modi's BJP faces defeat in Delhi polls

[N.Siddiqui]

Biryani sales in India's capital New Delhi soared after Prime Minister Narendra Modi's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) suffered a devastating loss in a key state election to the Aam Admi Party (AAP), reported The Economic Times on Tuesday.

The report credited the surge in sales to previous comments made by senior BJP leaders, including Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, about the AAP serving the dish to anti-citizenship law protesters gathered at Shaheen Bagh.

“The Kejriwal government provides biryani to the people sitting at protests at Shaheen Bagh and other places,” Adityanath had said at some election rallies he had addressed in Delhi, it added.

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Earlier in the week, Amit Malviya, head of the BJP’s IT cell had tweeted, “Proof of biryani being distributed at Shaheen Bagh!”


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Hundreds of women have been blocking Shaheen Bagh for weeks in protest of the Indian government's Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) and the National Register of Citizens (NRC) . The women have inspired thousands across India to replicate their challenge to the Hindu nationalist government.

Social media platforms were flooded with posts about citizens announcing celebrations featuring the delicacy after the AAP's win. Meanwhile, restaurants scrambled to offer discounts to cash in on the moment, the publication added.

Speaking to The Economic Times, Raymond Andrews, the co-founder of a biryani chain in Delhi, said: "We have seen a higher uptake on our orders. Biryani as a cuisine is celebratory by nature, be it a birthday, an anniversary or friends celebrating."

Vishal Jindal, another restaurant owner, stated that they witnessed a pickup in sales despite it being a Tuesday, the report said, adding that many Indian citizens refrain from consuming non-vegetarian food on Tuesdays for religious reasons.

India's contentious new law
Critics have said that India's new law is discriminatory as it singles out Muslims, who make up nearly 15 per cent of the country's population. Under the law, persecuted Hindus, Sikhs, Buddhists, Jains, Parsis and Christians who fled Pakistan, Bangladesh and Afghanistan prior to 2015 will be granted citizenship.

The Indian government says that Pakistan, Afghanistan and Bangladesh are Muslim-majority countries, therefore Muslims cannot be treated as persecuted minorities, which is why they have been excluded from the citizenship offer.

Critics however have lambasted the BJP-led government for including religion as a criterion for citizenship, arguing that it goes against secular principles, India's constitution and the country's international obligations to prevent the deprivation of citizenship on the basis of race, colour, descent, or national or ethnic origin.

https://www.dawn.com/news/1534020/biryani-sales-surge-as-modis-bjp-faces-defeat-in-delhi-polls

 

[N.Siddiqui]

This article also makes interesting read.


https://www.dawn.com/news/1533205

 

[N.Siddiqui]

So Biryani being associated with Muslims and a staple diet of Atankwadi(again Muslims).

This Hindutva surge is a bane for India and a boon for Pakistan....can't thank Modi enough.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

Brother mine,


By openly celeberating Biryani the Muslims of MaqboozaHindustan are challenging the Might of India!

They, in fact, are imposing their 'otherness' or 'differentness' and Indians cann't do anything about it.

Muslims of MaqboozaHindustan are claiming the Ownership of Civilisation of last 1000years...

Surely, this proves that they are NOT Indians?

BJP and Hindutvadis has become cynical to the point of being paranoid about Pakistan , the erstwhile Muslim Millenium, Indian Muslims being demonized just because of being the 'difference' and so they are otherised as you have said.

Paronia results in bigotry or vice versa. Anyways the signs of the time is telling.

 

[babrum]

leave biryani out of it biryani my jan

 

[N.Siddiqui]

The Essence of Hindutva is Indianness... for the Glory of India.. cleansing all signs and influences of 'Invaders'!

But the Muslims of MaqboozaHindustan by their very Being are the Living Symbols of the 'Invader Civilisation'.

In all truth... it is a Clash of Civilisations...

As you correctly pointed out Hindutva, RSS Nazis in Nikcerz, have now pushed the Muslims of MaqboozaHindustan against the wall... forcing them to make an Existential Choice!

Hence, the easy usage of AntiNational phrase... which per default will/does apply to Muslims of MaqboozaHindustan...regardless, of their proclaimation of IndianNationalism or burning of PakFlags.. it is them, theirs and they...who are constantly said to be Illegal Pakistanis in India.

Very true and inside out dissection...I may add Muslims being perceived as invaders, looters and plunderers. And the coined term MaqboozaHindustan is apt and rightly derived.

This invader civilisation is visible at every nook and corner of India, can't ignore and hide them by Hindutvadis, and that has actually made them berserk and inane. So what do they do, start concocting stories and and falsehood and keep on repeating this scrutiny of falsehood over and over gain.

 

[N.Siddiqui]

AAP wins Delhi - 6 reasons why BJP's campaign backfired | Akash-Banergee on The DeshBhakt

How can Indians be free in India where their PM addresses the Indians from The Symbol of Conquest of India i.e. RedFort.

Can't do anything about it, the height of hypocrisy. And going by the Newtons law of action and equal and opposite reaction, the revival of Hindutva is resulting in the revival of Muslims of India.

 

[W.11]

Very true and inside out dissection...I may add Muslims being perceived as invaders, looters and plunderers. And the coined term MaqboozaHindustan is apt and rightly derived.

This invader civilisation is visible at every nook and corner of India, can't ignore and hide them by Hindutvadis, and that has actually made them berserk and inane. So what do they do, start concocting stories and and falsehood and keep on repeating this scrutiny of falsehood over and over gain.

dont listen to hindutvas, most of their ideology is colonial influenced, the hindutvas will pick colonial scholar era history, pick and choose things which suits their agendas, and challenge ones which doesnt suit them.

british misleadingly created a notion of invader civilization, which is mostly used by hundutvadis for their agendas.

regards

 

[ShaikhKamal]

Beef Biryani is the best biryani that is no longer available in India. So they are eating second rate chicken biryani which is no match of Pakistani Beef Biryanis.

 

[-=virus=-]

Pretty dumb move to use biriyani as a rallying cry or dog whistle. Hardly a dog whistle because it's so super blatant.

Kejri is a clever politician, his party supported the abrogation of article 370 after seeing the BJP's massive win in the generals. He knows his sphere of influence is in the city of Delhi, he has zero nationwide appeal to set the country's agenda, and, tbf, he's done some good work in Delhi with providing water, subsidized electricity, various clean up initiatives, improving government schools etc

I know people who are BJP supporters in Delhi but still wanted Kejri for their city. Modi, unless he steps down, or dies.. will win the next general easy.

The best thing about the Delhi elections was that congress is still at ZERO