In a video viral on Twitter, a news reporter can be seen questioning the store manager of Haldiram’s outlet for Urdu details on the packaging of the namkeen mix.
For those unaware, the snack in question is called ‘Falhari Mixture’ with new packaging and has been one of the brand’s most popular fasting mixes. As per the video, the description behind the namkeen is written in Urdu while the main text on the front is in English. Also, the packaging clearly displays the green veg symbol. It is a sweet and savory mix of peanuts and potatoes with mild spices.
The viral video surfaced on Twitter only after a Hindi news channel shared a clip of a reporter confronting a Halidram’s store manager for Urdu packaging on the said product. The female reporter forcefully asks the manager what fact Haldiram is trying to hide by hiding the details of the namkeen packet in Urdu. In the video, a crowd of people and a police officer can be seen face to face.
Answering the question, the manager says that the food inside the packet is not a health hazard, and then she asks the reporter to leave the store. “If you want to take it you can have it, if you don’t want to take it, you can put it here and go through my outlet,” she says.
Amazing restraint of Haldiram’s staff. BTW, Sudarshan’s ‘lioness’ should know that it is Arabic and not Urdu. Haldiram exports to many Muslim majority countries who buy Indian products without any discrimination.pic.twitter.com/jic6ASoo15
— Alishan Jafri (@alishan_jafri) April 5, 2022
The viral video has garnered 878.9k views, 3439 retweets and 12k likes so far and has left netizens with a divided opinion. While some of them find it fine and normal, others are curious to know why the company printed the details of the packet in Urdu language.
A Twitter user wrote, ‘Haldiram is using URDU print on his Phalhari Mixture packet – is he serving Halal food to ‘H’? On the other hand, another tweet read, “Yeh Hai Bikaji Bhujia…Instead of Hindi….Urdu language is written….how much % of Indians know Urdu…..Hindi is our national language…. Why are they written in Urdu”.
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