New Delhi: The new Tourism Minister KJ Alphons, has advised visitors to “eat beef in their own countries” before travelling to India, just three days after declare that there is “no food code” for states and beef will continue in states like Kerala and Goa, On Thursday, the minister tackle questions about the impact on Indian tourism of recent incidents of cow vigilantism and the tight restrictions on beef in several states, “They (tourists) can eat beef in their own country and come here yaar,” Mr. Alphons joke, replying to reporters on the sidelines of a convention of the Indian Association of Tour Operators in Bhubaneswar.
When reporters strike a chord him of his earlier statement, Mr. Alphons laugh quietly “That is a cock-and-bull story, I am not the food minister, I am the minister for Tourism, “India is the oldest civilization, The whole world should come and see us, We have to love our history and our country, We have to tell them, look here, this is a beautiful country,” he had dismissed concerns over beef restrictions as “propaganda” against the BJP and said: “I don’t think the BJP recommend a food code for every state, like the Chief Minister’s of Goa and Kerala has made very clear that Goa, Kerala is a beef-eating state’s shall continue to be a beef-eating states, that is what people eat there and BJP doesn’t have a problem”, Both Goa and Kerala are among the most popular destinations for foreign tourists.
