BRICS Summit | "Imposing Vegetarianism On World": Row Over Food Served At BRICS Summit

The menu for the big dinner at BRICS meet has drawn sharp remarks from leaders of the Congress, who called it the BJP's effort to impose vegetarianism on the world. The world leaders attending the summit were offered a full vegetarian fare at yesterday's meet. While the menu had 10-plus items spanning starters like Khumb Galauti and a desserts section that had Shahdoot firni and fruit cream with jalebi, the main courses were all vegetarian -- paneer, mushrooms, millet pulao and beetroot raita, all with fresh and exotic twists. This irked the Congress, with Rahul Gandhi, in a post on social media platform X, saying "For the record: 80% of Indians are non-vegetarian. Indian non-vegetarian food is delicious. As are my sister's chole bhature".