{"id":13729,"date":"2017-12-15T17:34:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-15T17:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/?p=13729"},"modified":"2017-12-16T03:59:24","modified_gmt":"2017-12-16T03:59:24","slug":"yogi-effect-in-a-first-non-veg-fare-off-plates-at-annual-ias-event","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/yogi-effect-in-a-first-non-veg-fare-off-plates-at-annual-ias-event\/","title":{"rendered":"<strong>Yogi Effect: <\/strong>In a First, Non-veg Fare Off Plates at Annual IAS Event"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This is for the first time that fish, mutton, chicken are off the menu in the Indian Administrative Service week which began on Thursday.<br \/>\n<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/616-300x189.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"189\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13731\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/616-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/616.jpg 670w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Lucknow:<\/strong> With monk-politician Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath at the helm, non-vegetarian fare was off the plates at a lunch and dinner served on the first day of the annual IAS Week in the Uttar Pradesh capital here, an official said.<\/p>\n<p>This new development, he said was &#8220;keeping in mind the likes and dislikes&#8221; of Chief Minister Adityanath, who is a vegetarian.<\/p>\n<p>This is for the first time that fish, mutton, chicken are off the menu in the Indian Administrative Service week which began on Thursday.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/punjabnews24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1478154408_13603360_776288799179896_3456753754137750642_o-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-13730\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1478154408_13603360_776288799179896_3456753754137750642_o-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1478154408_13603360_776288799179896_3456753754137750642_o-768x513.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blastingskyhawk.com\/english\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/1478154408_13603360_776288799179896_3456753754137750642_o.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In the past, at all occasions where the head of the government or of the state was there, non-vegetarian dishes were always served.<\/p>\n<p>Former Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav, or his predecessors, for that matter had a liking for such food.<\/p>\n<p>The IAS week has been held annually barring between 2007 and 2012, when the then Chief Minister Mayawati did away with the routine events.<\/p>\n<p>The week is celebrated with much fanfare every year with the UP cadre IAS officials dancing, singing, acting, playing and merry making together, along with their spouses.<\/p>\n<p>Cricket matches between IAS-XI and politicians during the &#8216;Akhilesh Raj&#8217; had made waves and were widely covered by the national media.<\/p>\n<p>But the &#8216;Yogi effect&#8217; this time round has at least ensured that in the monk-turned-politician&#8217;s regime, non-vegetarian food will not be available.<\/p>\n<p>So instead, what was served included Shahi Kofta, Dal Makhani, Paneer Tikka, fried rice, Handi Paneer, gulab jamun and gajar ka halwa.<\/p>\n<p>Adityanath had earlier hosted a &#8216;phalahaar&#8217; during the Navratri festival where he kept a nine-day fast and had maintained distance from the Eid celebrations, hitherto hosted by successive Chief Ministers every year.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is for the first time that fish, mutton, chicken are off the menu in the Indian Administrative Service week which began on Thursday. 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