Our Correspondent / Kolkata

Amid the controversy over the beef ban in Maharashtra, the West Bengal Chief Minister Ms. Mamata Banerjee today said that her government will never interfere in people’s choice of food.

“Who will eat what, is his or her prerogative. My government will never interfere in people’s choice of food” Ms. Banerjee said at a programme of Minority Development Department in Kolkata

Ms. Banerjee said that she will not allow any divisiveness in her state.

On the occasion Ms. Banerjee gave away awards to meritorious students from minority communities, ranging from school children to those who were successful in this year’s State Civil Services Examinations.

She said her government was ready to help all those from minority communities in their life and career.