Why pizza, burger when we have Ragi Mudde: Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

Ragi Mudde is popular in Karnataka

Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu on Tuesday urged people to avoid junk food and follow traditional Indian food, for maintaining good health.

"They [junk food] will be suitable for conditions of certain foreign countries, but they are not suitable for Indian conditions. Unfortunately, we started aping the west and westernisation, some of our kids also developed that weakness," he said.

Vice President Venkaiah Naidu

Noting that branding and marketing by companies made these junk food popular, Naidu said, "Chicken Manchurian...when you have your own locally made biryani, why Manchurian....?

"Children also these days ask for Chicken 65, when we have in Karnataka Ragi Mudde [ragi balls] and naatu kodi pulusu [country chicken curry]... wonderful...enjoy it, why run after something else?"

"Please follow Indian food, traditional food, organic food, for your own health. Because health is wealth....," said Naidu at ‘Vaccinate India Programme', a state government initiative.

Urging people to give up hesitancy for vaccination, the Vice President lauded Indian companies and scientists for developing vaccines against COVID, and pointed out that vaccines are now being supplied to other countries also.

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