Restaurants, shops must specify if meat sold is 'halal' or 'jhatka', says SDMC's standing committee
The proposal cleared by the SDMC says that according to Hinduism and Sikhism, eating halal meat is 'forbidden and against religion'
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New Delhi: The standing committee of the BJP-led South Delhi Municipal Corporation has cleared a proposal that asks restaurants or shops to "mandatorily" display whether the meat being sold or served is cut using the ''halal'' or ''jhatka'' method, officials said on Friday.
The proposal now awaits the nod in the SDMC House which is controlled by the saffron party.
''Jhatka'' method is one in which an animal is slaughtered in one go, while in the ''halal'' method, an animal is allowed to die after cutting a vein.