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Amidst request by a conception of passengers, and persuasion from immoderate Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders from West Bengal, the Indian Railways has decided to service non-vegetarian nutrient connected the recently inaugurated Howrah-Guwahati (Kamakhya) Vande Bharat Sleeper Express.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had connected January 17 inaugurated the archetypal sleeper work successful the Vande Bharat explicit trains, connecting the 2 poll-bound States of West Bengal and Assam. However, soon aft the commencement of the long-distance service, a conception of passengers raised the contented that non-vegetarian nutrient was not disposable connected the train’s nutrient menu.
The Trinamool Congress (TMC) enactment picked up the issue, and the enactment said that the BJP was against the dietary habits of the radical of West Bengal. BJP leaders had ridiculed the radical of West Bengal for eating food successful the past, TMC spokesperson Arup Bhattacharya said.
Both West Bengal and Assam person beardown culinary traditions successful non-vegetarian food. With elections owed successful the adjacent fewer months, the contented had the imaginable to snowball into a large controversy, putting BJP successful a spot, wherever the enactment could find itself opposed to the nutrient habits of the electorate. The BJP enactment successful West Bengal seemed to hold with the request of the conception of passengers demanding non-vegetarian dishes connected the sleeper train’s menu.
Union Minister of State and Balurghat BJP MP Sukanta Majumdar connected Monday (January 26, 2026) said that helium had spoken to Union Railways Minister Ashwini Vaishnaw connected Sunday (January 25, 2026), and requested him to present non-vegetarian nutrient choices connected the Vande Bharat Sleeper Express. “He assured maine that non-vegetarian nutrient volition besides beryllium made disposable for passengers soon. He said the notification volition beryllium issued wrong 2 oregon 3 days,” the BJP person said.
On Tuesday (January 27, 2026), officials of the Eastern Railway confirmed that non-vegetarian nutrient choices would beryllium disposable connected the train’s paper successful the adjacent fewer days.
In December 2025, a contention had erupted erstwhile BJP supporters assaulted a vendor sending chickenhearted patties to a Gita chanting lawsuit successful Kolkata. BJP MP Abhijit Gangopadhyay had spoken against the battle connected the mediocre vendor.
