Beef ban is the most sensitive issue in our country right now. And Twitterati plays a huge role in highlighting issues and personal opinions made by famous personalities, which more often than not gets them in trouble. So when the co-founder of travel app MakeMyTrip Keyur Joshi tried to vent his opinions out loud, he faced a major backlash from tweeple. In series of tweets, the handle (@KeyurJoshi_) stated:
““I am a strong supporter of Narendra Modi and a vegetarian for life. But I will now eat beef only in India to support freedom for food,” and continued, ““If Hinduism takes away the right to choice of food, I rather not be a Hindu.”
Screengrab of Keyur Joshi’s tweets on Beef ban
Thus, started series of trolls by angered Twitterati calling out names and even boycotting Make My Trip. The #BoycottMakeMyTrip campaign resulted in many people uninstalling the app and lowering the ratings. Check out few reactions by Twitterati:
I’d rather be a Hindu than a make my trip traveller #BoycottMakeMyTrip pic.twitter.com/22Sg9D6Cdd
— ꜱɪʀ ɴᴀᴛʜᴜʟᴀʟ ᴊʀ. (@SirNathulal) May 31, 2017
#BoycottMakeMyTrip aaaaakkk thuuuu ab isko iski Aukat dikhane ki time hai bhai log. Just uninstall the app like I did and go for other app. pic.twitter.com/2jo1iPRL8B
— प्रशान्त पटनायक (@prasant_p) May 31, 2017
Lets trend #BoycottMakeMyTrip . He cant speak for all the Hindus. If he does not want to be Hindu, he can call John Dayal & get baptized
— Girish S (@girishs2) May 31, 2017
@makemytrip hey Keyur ! Hope the beef was worth it ! Enjoy ! #BoycottMakeMyTrip pic.twitter.com/QRoDDGSEjl
— Mentellectual (@guiltycommie) May 31, 2017
Dear @aliaa08 & @RanveerOfficial request to #BoycottMakeMyTrip MMT ads as his co founder is against humanity.
— Vidyapati (@rakeshNmishra) May 31, 2017
Meet Keyur Joshi, a cofounder of make my trip who is a vegetarian but will now eat beef just to put Hindus into their place. pic.twitter.com/VhTNdi10pM
— Sonam Mahajan (@AsYouNotWish) May 31, 2017
Also read: Twitter has a new frenemy, wants to ‘Boycott MakeMyTrip’ for this reason
This upheaval of angry tweeple led the official account of Make My Trip issue a statement and clarify the issue:
The views expressed by Mr.Joshi on Twitter are his personal thoughts & do not reflect the views of MMT. He is not a current employee of MMT
— MakeMyTrip.com (@makemytrip) May 31, 2017
Due to the extreme anger against his former company, MakeMyTrip, Mr Keyur Joshi issued an apology and then deleted his Twitter account. He said: ” “The views expressed in my tweets regarding beef ban were my personal thoughts only. I deeply regret any unintentional inconvenience or hurt caused to anybody. I sincerely apologise for this and withdraw my comments unconditionally.”
Keyur Joshi apologizes to Twitterati for his comments on beef ban/Source: Indian Express
Well, this is certainly not the first time Twitter has added fuel to any controversy. Thought? Tell us in the comment section below.
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