We will cooperate and walk wherever you say, to flag your words: Shashi Pratap Singh

 

Shashi Pratap Singh, Spokesperson of  Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party in  Public Dialogue on Children’s Nutritional rights and Package food Labelling on 2 December,2021 at Diamond Hotel, #Varanasi

Thank you very much, Mr President, the awareness that you are trying to build up and PVCHR has invited people like me to garner support which is really commendable.  I got the invitation to come here from Abhimanyu ji. Among us is our former MP of Varanasi, Rajesh Mishra ji, who will share pertinent things regarding the issue, our MLA and our elder brother, the former UP Minister Manoj Rai Dhoopchandi ji, spoke to us about the issue.  Vandana Shah ji and Doctor Sahab spoke. Friends, there is no greater elixir than mother's milk for a new-born child, everyone knows this, and big and big doctors agree that a child should drink mother's milk for at least 6 months. The taste of a child increases as soon as they start growing, just like Manoj bhaiya said about chips and what not, if the mother does not give, if the father doesn't give, then the child takes them from the grandfather. In India, packaged foods are a totally western phenomenon, this culture was never present, but is gradually spreading somewhere there are not enough people, so diseases have started growing.

As a child, I did not know anything about diabetes, no one would have known anything about diabetes in childhood. In a recent incident, in this Corona period, we came to know about the word immunity, and I myself didn't know what immunity was or where it came from? We have started eating so much packaged food which has come to us from western culture. If you don't feel like making breakfast in the morning, you can call, and it will be there within 20 minutes. If it takes 25 minutes, then they will not even take your money, they guarantee it. Despite how much convenience has been given, by adding which spices, by what quantity of oil, people fail to realize what our tongue should taste like. One kilo of oil or half a kilo you don't know, but the taste is bringing us to disease while the rate of taking medicines is going up. In India, there have been fewer deaths than in Corona due to the fact that India is an agricultural country. As the people here walk on the street and do farming, they are constantly exposed to dust and air water, so their immunity remains strong on their own, so that in India the least number of deaths occurred and those who lived in air-conditioned rooms died and they spend their daily routine by eating fruits. While Arvind ji was telling about the pertinent details written on the packets of chips, noodles, and Maggie, their font sizes are so small, you cannot tell what they say even if you use double glasses. Majority of the diseases you discuss are caused by packed foods, but fewer than half or one percent of people know that Bisleri or Clear water is mineral water. Often, people purchase mineral water bottles from railway station platforms or bus terminals. For two and a half years, Corona taught us not to drink water outside after heating it from home which I keep in the car. When you go to a wedding or any function, people don't know where they got their 20 litres of water from, so we are the ones who are increasing the disease. PVCHR is making people aware, I have already supported its efforts by giving an endorsement letter in my letter pad and we would strive hard to take it forward. We will no longer buy packaged foods if it does not bear the ISI mark and we will gradually get rid of it in the future then only we can remain alive. Children, as well as the old and the young there, who have a sense of taste. In the Golgappe stall at the party yesterday, the biggest crowd was of women, but we noticed that the old people were also in line so I returned back. The awareness programme which you are trying to build up its really commendable. Our children as well as the youth should understand our elders because if we do, then our boys and our grandson, will also understand. During Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, a grandfather was chewing tobacco and spitting when his grandson demanded tobacco. He got agitated and told his grandson to stop chewing tobacco. In response, the grandson said, "If it's not good for me, then it's not good for you as well." In this mission, especially Shashi Pratap Singh, all those sitting are not simply talking about their party only, everyone will cooperate and walk wherever you say, to flag your words. Jai Hind Jai Bharat!

 #PacketKeAndarKyaHai #children #nutrition #health #ncd #PVCHR #pipal

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