New Delhi: The Bharitya Janata Party (BJP) legislator and lawyer Ramesh Arora after waging a war against beef consumption in India, now demanded that momos should also be taken off India’s menu saying that it causes cancer.
BJP legislator recently claimed that the mouth-watering dumplings contain carcinogenic monosodium glutamate or ajinomoto.
For the past five months, Ramesh Arora has been campaigning hard to ban much-loved street food momos saying that it causes cancer.
Arora has been campaigning hard to ban the much-loved street food. “Momos have been found to be the root cause of several life-threatening diseases, including cancer of the intestine,” Arora said on Wednesday.
But it’s not just momos, the BJP legislator bears animosity against Chinese cuisine which uses ajinomoto to chemically enhance taste.
“Ajinomoto, a kind of salt, causes serious diseases, including cancer. It is responsible for converting a minor headache into a migraine,” he said.
Arora says that ajinomoto induces the pancreas to excrete extra drops of insulin, causing an imbalance in the body, and prompts people to overeat as it triggers hunger.
“Besides memory loss, regular consumption for two to three years causes cancer of the stomach. They are found to be more harmful than alcohol and psychotropic drugs,” added Arora.
Arora also met Jammu and Kashmir Health Minister Bali Bhagat recently to persuade him to prohibit the sale of momos and Chinese street food in the street.
His crusade against momos be it steamed or fried has been so resolute that momo sale has come down in the Valley by 35 percent.
“Junk food has already taken a toll on our children. There is a need to awaken the people,” he said.
Arora’s fight is indeed legitimate as studies have proved that the salt indeed causes stomach cancer. The WHO had declared it unsafe in 2004.
