Following the Maharashtra government's ban on the sale and possession of beef in the state, Bollywood celebrities like Raveena Tandon, Farhan Akhtar and Ayushmann Khurrana share their thoughts on the "freedom of choice".


Here's what the celebrities posted on their micro-blogging website Twitter handles:

I'm vegetarian, so this #BeefBan doesnt affect me personally. But freedom of choice is important, in a country where more than 30% eat beef!

— VISHAL DADLANI (@VishalDadlani) March 3, 2015

The point of worshipping a cow started with the fact that it was a livelihood for most, the fact that it gave milk earned it the name of Ma

— Raveena Tandon (@TandonRaveena) March 3, 2015

So now in Maharashtra you can have a beef with someone but you can't have beef with someone.

— Farhan Akhtar (@FarOutAkhtar) March 3, 2015

Beef faal baad! #kaminey

— Ayushmann Khurrana (@ayushmannk) March 3, 2015

Beef gets banned…on the plus side, less red meat in our diet is a good thing…on the not so plus side…another step towards a theocratic state

— Uday Chopra (@udaychopra) March 3, 2015

Dear Govt. With beef, let's ban teeth. We can live on vegetable smoothies and this way your politicians can't make hate speeches anymore :-)

— Vir Das (@thevirdas) March 3, 2015

Beef hahahah banned in maharashtra hahahahhahahahah. Democracy ki maa ki aankh

— Iqbal Khan (@Miqbalkhan) March 3, 2015

#BeefBan in Maharashtra !!! WTFDude i love my steaks.. So wats next- no jeans no skirts no non-veg.. Where r we headed???

— Sumona Chakravarti (@sumona24) March 3, 2015

I am a vegetarian. And banning beef is communal politics.

— RichaChadha (@RichaChadha_) March 3, 2015

Do not be surprised if the cows are given voting rights in the next election. #BeefBan

— Shirish Kunder (@ShirishKunder) March 3, 2015

#BeefBan in Maharashtra !!! WTF Dude i love my steaks.. So wats next- no jeans no skirts no non-veg.. Where r we headed???

— Sumona Chakravarti (@sumona24) March 3, 2015

#AchcheDin for cows

— Shruti Seth (@SethShruti) March 3, 2015