Zomato's 'Food has no religion' comment sparks massive Social media debate around Halal and Jhatka, #BoycottZomato #BoycottUberEats trending

The whole Zomato conversation has now steered to a whole new angle. #BoycottZomato and #BoycottUberEats has caught on and has social media divided after UberEats openly backed Zomato's 'Food has no religion' comment. Meanwhile, Zomato's comment has also 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 food preferences such as 'Halal' and 'Jhatka.' Earlier, Zomato publicly shut down a bigoted demand on Twitter where a user asked to cancel his order as it was being delivered by a 'non-Hindu' rider. Since then, there has been constant conversation over the matter on social media with many coming in support of Zomato openly shutting down a demand that went against 'their values'. But now some users have been comparing the incident to how Zomato allows users to refuse mistakenly-sent 'Non-Halal' meat orders. "Asking for Halal Meat is Fundamental Right but Asking for a Hindu Rider is Bigotry," said one user. We have come across several of such tweets filled with hatred and comparison that in turn seem to digress from the original debate. Pic1:-#Zomato gave humble reply on Halal food complaint. Pic2:-#Zomato just humiliate the person bcoz he didn't want to spoil his Shravan Pic3:- @ReallySwara got another chance to humiliate Hindu religion & so desperate to fire up the things#boycottzomato #Zomato @ZomatoIN pic.twitter.com/D6r4lTLkL2 — Priyank Parmar (@HumNhiBataenge) July 31, 2019 Hey @UberEats @UberEats_IND I am uninstalled your app for your hypocrisy.. You served me halal meat without my permission.. #BoycottUberEats pic.twitter.com/M7PDCSLO0B — ಚೌಕಿದಾರ ಕನ್ನಡಿಗ (@commonkannadiga) August 1, 2019 #BoycottUberEats @UberEats_IND Stop 🛑 Halal food 🍲 🍴. Food doesn't have a religion!!! pic.twitter.com/VahnSH0Uv7 — kn gowda (@Kng80260388) August 1, 2019 1. In traditional Hindu scriptures, food in contact with mlechhas is forbidden. 2. In traditional Muslim scriptures, non halal meat is forbidden. Zomato complies with 2 but not 1. Calls itself above religion. Double standards much? https://t.co/TpConx6d8X — Messenger Of TrueIndology (@TIinExile) July 31, 2019 #boycottzomato food has no religion agreed but you categorised food like halal or non halal and you are against of our right to cancel the order and you provides no refund facility that’s surely not ok #autocracy pic.twitter.com/BjQXAybRKh — Nilesh Mahadik (@mnil28) August 1, 2019 Why Not Jhatka ? Those H'indu's who take Non-Veg must go for Jhatka only. Its time to Boycott 'Ha'lal' food. — Avinash Srivastava ® (@go4avinash) August 1, 2019 Ok, RTI time.... HOW many requests have you received demanding halal tag? AFAIK, if there are 30% Muslims in India, let's for argument sake say 1% of those ask for it ...have you rec'd 300,000 requests for it? When a sizable no of ppl asking for Jhatka tag, why NOT have that too? — Mukund Chamria 🇮🇳 (@mchamria) August 1, 2019 After the issue heated up, Zomato defended its usage of Halal tag on the platform with a new statement. Zomato said: "it's a result of restaurants seeking that distinction - not us as an aggregator." "The halal tag on Zomato is a result of restaurants seeking that distinction - not us as an aggregator. Restaurants (whether a Muslim establishment or otherwise) serving meat specifically obtain halal certification by an all-India body," Zomato said. Food for thought pic.twitter.com/zZ3k6YfuzI — Zomato India (@ZomatoIN) July 31, 2019 "Again, we play no role in this categorisation as we only seek proof of authenticity when a restaurant claims to serve halal food. FSSAI license is mandatory. Halal certification is voluntary," it added.

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Zomato's 'Food has no religion' comment sparks massive Social media debate around Halal and Jhatka, #BoycottZomato #BoycottUberEats trending

#BoycottZomato #BoycottUberEats controversy: The whole Zomato conversation has now steered to a whole new angle.

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