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Nagpur – Halal-certified food was discovered being sold at a KFC outlet located at Mate Chowk in the city. Upon learning of this, Rahul Pande, President of Rashtriya Yuva Gathbandhan, promptly sought an explanation from the KFC management. Despite receiving initially vague responses, the management later issued an apology to the Hindus and refunded all customers’ money. Notably, Pande recorded information during a conversation with KFC’s Customer Service Centre, revealing that only Halal-certified food is consistently sold across all KFC outlets in Maharashtra. The above incident transpired on 24th December. (Sedition can be averted if the officials of other organisations and Hindus take a lesson from this and oppose the sale of Halal-certified products – Editor)
Pande suspected that KFC outlets were selling Halal-certified food but he could not prove it as there was no direct evidence. Pande then recorded his conversation with KFC Customer Care. During this conversation, a statement emerged affirming that ‘Halal-certified food is sold everywhere in Maharashtra.’ Subsequently, Pande presented this evidence to the management of the KFC outlet.
Many Hindus were present during this incident, and at that moment, all the Hindus collectively voiced their protest against the sale of Halal-certified food. They expressed that KFC had offended the religious sentiments of the Hindus by selling such products and demanded a refund. Pande confronted the manager who then apologised to all Hindus and returned the money to all customers who had been served Halal-certified food.
During this incident, Pande asserted, “If Hindus in Nagpur are once again served Halal-certified food or if there is an attempt to impose Islamic Sharia law on Hindus, the people of Nagpur will vehemently oppose it. Consider this a small anti-Halal protest from us Hindus. Should such occurrences transpire in the future, we will escalate our agitation.”
What is a ‘Halal’ certificate ?
Originally, ‘Halal’ pertained exclusively to meat, but due to the aspirations of religious fanatics to establish an independent economy, various items such as household goods, medicines, cosmetics, etc., now require a ‘Halal certificate,’ signifying that they are certified according to Islamic standards. This certification is issued by certain Islamic organisations, and the endorsed document is referred to as a ‘Halal’ certificate.
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