With some right wing groups now giving a call to boycott 'Halal' meat, BJP national general secretary C T Ravi likened Halal food with ‘economic jehad’. For the past few days, there was a flurry of messages on social media appealing to Hindus to shun Halal meat, especially after Ugadi, which is the Hindu New Year festival.

A day after Ugadi, a section of "non-vegetarian" Hindus offer meat to God and celebrate the New Year. Many offer such meat, which some right wing activists are asking people to skip. This call comes close on the heels of ban on Muslim vendors around temples during the Hindu religious fairs in parts of Karnataka. “Halal is an economic Jehad. It means that it is used like a Jehad so that Muslims should not do business with others. It has been imposed. When they think that Halal meat should be used, what is wrong in saying that it should not be used?” Ravi told reporters here.