Harsh Goenka Receives Backlash Over Tweet On 'Masks' In Kumbh Mela, Netizens Initiate '#BoycottCEAT' Trend

Entrepreneur Harsh Goenka shared a photo of seers, captioning it with a joke on Kumbh Mela which is being deemed too insensitive by a section of Twitter users who are demanding an apology from the entrepreneur.

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New Delhi: Entrepreneur Harsh Goenka, the chairman of RPG Group, is once again receiving backlash over a tweet, and this time it is concerning Kumbh Mela.

On Wednesday, he shared a photo of seers and tweeted: "Meanwhile at the Kumbh Mela the international press is appalled at how low we have our masks!" 

Earlier, his old tweet on Lord Shiva had gone viral, leading to a lot of users frowning at the same and expressing their displeasure over it.

While the Kumbh Mela tweet seems to have been deleted by Harsh Goenka, a purported screenshot of the same has gone viral and is receiving negative responses.

The previous controversial tweet on Lord Shiva also had Goenka share a joke where the Hindu god is said to be drinking at a bar, which led to people expressing hurt religious sentiments.

 

As previously mentioned, the responses include Twitter users demanding an apology while calling out a ban on one of Goenka's brands CEAT Tyres.

There were those few who shared a different opinion.

Notably, former actress and Television host Simi Grewal also shared the photo with the same caption.

Meanwhile, it is being reported that the photo shared was originally taken in 2013 is not from the current congregation.

The Kumbh Mela congregation has raised worries amid the second wave of Coronavirus pandemic in the country. According to officials, in just 48 hours, over 1,000 people were found to be Covid positive in Haridwar where around 35 lakh people gathered for the Kumbh Mela and 'Shahi Snaan' as a majority of devotees are seen flouting the Coronavirus norms such as maintaining social distancing and wearing masks.

Amid all this, such tweets a valid form of freedom of expression or are they being too insensitive towards religious sentiments? Let us know in the comments below.