After Bollywood actor Swara Bhasker on Wednesday tweeted asking Zomato and its CEO Deepinder Goyal to stop advertising on ‘hate-espousing’ news channels such as Republic TV, netizens have threatened to boycott the food delivery major. Bhasker posted this tweet while quoting a Twitter handle named "defund the hate" which shared a clip from Republic Bharat's debate on Love Jihad - while terming it as "hate speech". Hey @zomatoin @zomato @deepigoyal I’m your regular customer.. do u plan to #DefundTheHate & pull your ads from hate espousing channels like @Republic_Bharat ? Pls let your consumers know.. https://t.co/mMacP8IawZ — Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) November 18, 2020Zomato indulged Swara Bhasker's demand to stop advertising on Republic Bharat. Also read Kangana Ranaut hits back at Swara Bhasker, says will return award if proven wrong in SSR caseSo far, Zomato has not released any further statement about this issue.

Source: dna November 19, 2020 12:45 UTC