The responsibility of mid-day meal in schools of Kolkata Municipal Corporation area has now been handed over to ISKCON. Finance Minister Swapan Dasgupta announced this while presenting the budget on Monday. Since then, various kinds of speculations have started being made. Questions are being raised whether eggs will be given in the mid-day meal or not. Now politics has also started on this matter. Let us know why these questions are being raised.
In fact, after the announcement of the Finance Minister, many posts are going viral on social media, in which it is being told what food will be given to school children six days a week. In these posts the menu of mid day meal has been explained. It was claimed that children would be given different types of food six days a week.
menu in viral post
According to the viral post, it has been said to give rice and soybean on Monday, rice-dal and potato chokha on Tuesday, pulao and matar paneer on Wednesday, rice-pumpkin and gram on Thursday, mixed vegetable or chickpea on Friday and khichdi-papad or sweets on Saturday.
No mention of eggs in the menu
After there was no mention of eggs in this menu, a debate started on social media. Many people raised questions whether children will no longer get eggs in the mid-day meal. People objected to the absence of eggs in the menu.
ISKCON gave clarification
After the matter escalated, the statement of ISKCON Kolkata vice president and spokesperson Radharaman Das has come to light. Giving clarification, he said that the menu going viral on social media regarding mid day meal is completely fake and there is no truth in it.
Radharaman Das said on his social media, ‘I have come to know that some people are sharing a post about mid-day given to students in Kolkata. However, I want to tell you that no menu has been decided yet. We have not released this food list. He said, ‘Once the menu is decided, we will announce it officially. Please avoid sharing such wrong information.
It has come to my notice that some people are sharing the following proposed menu for the midday meal in Kolkata. However, I would like to clarify that no such menu has been finalized, and this list has not been issued by us.
Once the menu is finalized, we will make an official pic.twitter.com/zKI5QbtOom
— Radharamn Das Radharamn Das (@RadharamnDas) June 23, 2026
What did the CM officer say?
ISKCON is being given the responsibility of mid-day meal in the schools of Kolkata as a pilot project. The government says that its objective is to provide better quality food to the students. After this announcement in the state budget, Chief Minister Subhendu Adhikari said, ‘The responsibility of providing mid-day in the schools of Kolkata is being handed over to ISKCON as a pilot project. They will feed the children. Try it, the quality is good. If you don’t like it, don’t say Hare Krishna’.
TMC MP attacks BJP
Meanwhile, Trinamool Congress national general secretary and MP Derek O’Brien on Wednesday (June 24) targeted BJP over the news of eggs being removed from the mid-day meal provided in schools of West Bengal. He alleged that the new government is depriving children of nutritious food and trying to impose vegetarianism in the state.
After the fish
eating tamasha during the election campaign, the Gujarat Gymkhana finally reveals itself. New BJP government at work in Bengal. Throw eggs at rivals. But DEPRIVE CHILDREN of nutrition by taking
eggs off from midday meals. Imposing vegetarianism. Bengal rejects this
—Derek O’Brien দেরেক ও’ব্রায়েন (@derekobrienmp) June 24, 2026
Sharing a post on social media, he said, ‘After the fish eating drama during the election campaign, Gujarat Gymkhana has finally come to the fore. The new BJP government in Bengal has started working. He alleged that on one hand, eggs are being used to target political opponents, while on the other hand, school children are being deprived of nutrition by removing eggs from their meals. He said throw eggs at opponents, but snatching nutrition from children and removing eggs from mid-day meal is wrong. He said that this is an attempt to impose vegetarianism and Bengal will not accept it.
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