Published 13:51 IST, August 1st 2019

Zomato user's Tweet that resulted in a nationwide controversy over food, religion et al is no longer available

Zomato user Amit Shukla's Tweet that sparked a nationwide controversy is longer available: What we know so far

Reported by: Tanmay Patange
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Zomato user Amit Shukla's Tweet that sparked a nationwide controversy is longer available. Shukla's demand for cancellation of his own food order only because it was being delivered by a 'n-Hindu' rider created quite a stir on microblogging platform. Through his Tweet, Shukla had shared his disbelief over how food-delivery app allocated a 'n-Hindu' rider to deliver his order. Shukla had also asked Zomato to change rider or refund money on cancellation. Responding to Shukla's ridiculous demand, Zomato had a befitting reply:

"Food doesn’t have a religion. It is a religion," Zomato had said in reference to Shukla's tweet, which is longer available on Twitter.

However, reason behind disappearance of Shukla's tweet was t immediately kwn.

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Despite support from UberEats, Zomato's w-famous 'food has religion' comment has been subject to wide criticism from a set of users who have accused Zomato of 'Hypocrisy' and 'Double standards' resulting in some fresh debates around why Zomato displays 'Halal' as a food preference to users. Responding to that, Zomato had this to say:

" halal tag on Zomato is a result of restaurants seeking that distinction - t us as an aggregator. Restaurants (wher a Muslim establishment or orwise) serving meat specifically obtain halal certification by an all-India body," Zomato said.

This story is developing...

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13:51 IST, August 1st 2019