Zomato vs Bigotry: M.P Police initiates preventive action against customer who made 'Hindu rider' demand

police have initiated a  preventive action against Jabalpur resident Amit Shukla who cancelled Zomato order because of delivery man's religion.  police have issued him a warning tice which says that he has incited communal sentiments.

Superintendent of Police of Jabalpur, Amit Singh, has said that Shukla will be under ir surveillance and will be me to give an undertaking that he will t spre religious hatred.  police will also ask him to pay a bond and will arrest him if he repeats incident.

"We have issued a tice, it will be served to Amit Shukla. He'll be warned, if he tweets anything which is against ideals of Constitution, action will be taken; he is on surveillance," Singh said to ANI.

Amit Shukla's h tweeted on Wednesday saying that he cancelled food from food aggregator app as it denied to change delivery person who was a 'n-Hindu'. He also complained that he was t given a refund after cancelling order. Zomato reacted to his tweet saying, "Food doesn’t have a religion. It is a religion."

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Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal's reaction on issue

Zomato founder Deepinder Goyal slammed customer, saying that company is proud of idea of India and diversity of its esteemed customers and partners. He ded that Zomato is t sorry to lose any business that comes in way of values of company. 

tweet and Zomato's response to it created a widespre debate over religious bigotry and food preferences.

Amit Shukla speaks to Republic

While Shukla's action was condemned by many as it was based on his prejudice against a specific religion, he stuck to his position. Speaking to Republic TV he said: "I n told Zomato to eir change executive or cancel order. Company said that y cant change delivery executive and that if I cancel order I would t get any refund."

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