Hurts religious sentiments of cow worshippers: VHP on Kerala Tourism's beef tweet

The Vishva Hindu Parishad took a dig at Kerala Tourism's beef tweet saying that the tweet, about a beef dish consumed in Kerala, hurts the religious sentiments of cow worshippers in India.

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Hurts religious sentiments of cow worshippers: VHP on Kerala Tourism's beef tweet
Hurting sentiments of crores of cow worshippers: VHP | Photo from Twitter/Kerala Tourism

In Short

  • Kerala Tourism on Twitter posted a beef dish on Wednesday
  • VHP slammed tweet saying it hurts religious sentiments of cow worshippers
  • VHP spokesperson said Kerala Tourism can't promote anything by hurting religious sentiments

Kerala Tourism on social media website Twitter posted a tweet on Wednesday about a beef dish eaten in Kerala. The beef dish tweeted by the handle sparked a row soon when the Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) on Thursday took a dig at Kerala Tourism questioning if the tweet was meant for promoting tourism or promoting beef.

Kerala Tourism's Twitter handle wrote, "Tender chunks of beef, slow-roasted with aromatic spices, coconut pieces, and curry leaves. A recipe for the most classic dish, Beef Ularthiyathu, the stuff of legends, from the land of spices, Kerala."

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VHP national spokesperson Vinod Bansal on Twitter said, "Is this tweet meant for promoting tourism or promoting beef? Isn't it hurting sentiments of crores of cow worshippers? Is this tweet generated from the pious land of Shankaracharya?"

Vinod Bansal also tagged Kerala Governor Arif Mohammed Khan, Chief Minister of Kerala Pinarayi Vijayan and Kerala Tourism Minister Kadakampally Surendran in his tweet and asked the three to "advise Kerala Tourism".

Vinod Bansal, added another tweet saying, "The Kerala Tourism must understand that you can't promote anything by hurting religious sentiments of millions of its own tourists worshipping cows."

Vinod Bansal, in the tweet tagged Union Home Minister Amit Shah, Minister of State (Independent Charge) of the Ministry of Culture and Tourism Prahlad Singh Patel, Ministry of Tourism and also Twitter India.

Many Twitter users were of the view that Kerala Tourism's beef tweet comes at a time when India was celebrating Makar Sakranti, Pongal and Bihu claiming that around this time of the festivals the cows are worshipped.