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Boycott Cadbury trends on Twitter; know why chocolate brand came under netizen’s fire

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New Delhi: International chocolate brand Cadbury drew flak on Twitter following its Diwali ad on Sunday. Since the morning, the hashtag namely Halal, Boycott Cadbury has been trending. Under the hashtag, people shared photos, videos of the brand, and advertisements.

Among the viral tweets, Prachi Sadhvi’s is at the top where she blamed the brand is trying to malign the image of PM Narendra Modi’s father in its ad.

”Have you carefully observed Cadbury chocolate’s advertisement on TV channels? The shopless poor lamp seller is Damodar. It is done to show someone with PM Narendra Modi’s father’s name in poor light. Chaiwale ka baap diyewala. Shame on Cadbury company,” read the tweet of Prachi Sadhvi.

On the other side, some people criticised the company for being halal-certified and using gelatine derived from beef.

Some people also shared the screenshot of the company’s website under the trending hashtags on Twitter. ”Please note, if any of our products contain gelatine in the ingredients, the gelatine we use is halal certified and derived from beef.”

Check below here how people reacted:

A user on Twitter described why boycott Cadbury, ”Why 2 #BoycottCadbury? Because it contains Beef and is
Halal Certified. It means Cadbury is making Hindus eat beef in the name of Sweets. They are funding Jihadi Terrorists through Halal Certification. Hindus must stop consuming anti-Hindu Cadbury products.”

PM Modi’s father’s angle in Cadbury advertisement 

The advertisement was released on Diwali showing a roadside earthen lamp seller, namely Damodar, who was gifted Cadbury by a doctor.

Notably, the current Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi was born in a Gujarati Hindu family. He is the third child of his father Damodardas Mulchand Modi and his mother Hiraben Modi. Netizens criticised the brand for using PM Modi’s father name in its advertisement to gain publicity.

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