Ahead of Gandhi Jayanti, People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA) India sent a letter to Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde requesting that he rename Mumbai’s Mutton Street to “Ahimsa Marg” in a tribute to Mahatma Gandhi. Gandhi Jayanti, observed on 2 October, is also globally recognised as the International Day of Non-Violence.

In the letter, PETA India notes that the street name has a colonial past and is associated with the meat trade, which contradicts Gandhi ji’s values of non-violence and vegetarian eating.