
New Delhi: Union Home Minister Rajnath Singh on Monday said the Centre will not impose any restrictions on people's choice of food.
After chairing the first meeting of the chief ministers of four north-eastern states bordering Myanmar, the Home Minister on Monday said while addressing a press conference in Aizawal that, “There should be no restriction on one's choice of food.”
He was there responding to a question on a protest by locals against the central governments ban on sale of cattle for slaughter at animal markets.
Singh also added that Ministry of Home Affairs will extend security-related expenditure to Mizoram, which is sandwiched between Myanmar and Bangladesh while on the other hand, the Ministry of External Affairs will formulate a policy on the free movement regime between Mizoram and Myanmar.