New Delhi: Multinational Consumer Brand – Especially the Korean Carmaker Hyundai and KIA, and the American Food Chain KFC – face a large social-media counterattack on Tweet and Instagram / Facebook posts sent by their dealers and outlets in Pakistan, talking about “Kashmir Solidarity Day They “and” rights to freedom “.
Hashtags like #boycottkiamotors, #BOYCOTTKFC, #Hyundawithterrorist and #HyundAmapPapologise Start trends on Twitter amid a surge in nationalist sentiment that supports local Indian brands such as Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra.
Tweet / posts that support “Kashmir Solidarity Day” are also sent by Twitter handling the Suzuki Pakistan dealer and outlet as well as Isuzu Pakistan.
On Monday night, posting on the Twitter page and Facebook Suzuki Pakistan (controlled by a company dealer) has been lowered.
Questions sent to Indian Suzuki subsidiary, Maruti Suzuki, did not receive a response.
Worried about a counter-attack that began on Sunday and continued even on Monday, Hyundai India’s subsidiary came out with a statement.
“Hyundai Indian Motor has committed to the Indian market for more than 25 years now and we stand firm for our strong ethos respect nationalism.
Not requested social media posts that connect the Hyundai Motor India alluded to our unmatched commitments and services for a great country This.
India is the second house for the Hyundai brand and we have a tolerance policy on non-sensitive communication and we strongly condemn the view.
As part of our commitment to India, we will continue our efforts to repair the country and its citizens, “he said.
Hyundai Motor Statement: #Hyundai #hyundaindia https://t.co/.co/ Hyundai India (@HyundainInindia) 1644292451000 Official Twitter KFC India also issued a statement on Monday night, said, “We are very sorry for the post published on several channels KFC social media abroad.
We respect and respect India, and remain steadfast in our commitment to serve all Indians with self-esteem.
“Unpleasant tweets have been sent by Pakistan KFC dealers.
Screenshot Tweet Submit by @PakistanHyunda Handle (Official Account for Pakistani Dealer Hyundai Nishat Motorcycle Ltd) has brought a message sent on February 5 that said, “Let us remember the sacrifice of our Kashmir brothers and stand to continue doing the struggle for freedom #hyundaiPakistan # Kashmirsolidarityday “.
Another tweet with the same handle said, “Pray for our extraordinarily beautiful Kashmir release today and always!” But when the backlash was intensified and the brand was hit in India, the @Pakistanhyundai’s twitter handle became personal, giving access to the tweet only for approved followers.
Tweet by the @kiacrossroads Twitter handle also talks about “Kashmir Freedom”.
Tweet has been lowered now, and Kia India does not comment on this problem.
At night, the body of Indian car dealers also criticized Hyundai and Kia for comments.
“We #Dealers are surprised that @hyundai_global and @Kia_Worldwide show their solidarity by supporting illegal movements.
The two companies must immediately revoke all the tweets.
#Kashmir is an integral part of India and will continue until eternity.
Jai Hind,” said President Body Dealer, said Vinkesh Gulati.
This problem also received attention from several political leaders in India.
Shiv Sena Rajya Sabha MP and former leader of Congress Priyanka Chaturvedi marked a statement issued by Hyundai India and said that the company should be directly in the apology.
“Hi Hyundai.
So many beautiful words that are not needed.
All you need to say is – We really apologize.
The rest are all unnecessary.” The BJP Foreign Ministry responsible for the cost of Vijay Chautaiwa also said that global communication Hyundai Must objection with anti-Indian rhetoric.
“@Hyundaidia, this is not enough.
You have to explain whether you support the statement @PakistanHyundai? What is your global stand on anti-Indian rhetoric? @Hyundae_global,” he said in his tweet.
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@ Hyundaindia, this is not enough.
You have to explain whether you support the statement @Pakistanhyundai? What’s yo …
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Vijay Chauthaiwa (@ vijai63) 1644160742000
Global Brands Face Heat Over ‘Kashmir Day’ Posts
