Indians are riding high on sentiments after Chinese soldiers in the Galway Valley in Eastern Ladakh killed 20 Indian soldiers. Ever since the news broke, people have turned out in numbers to protest against China, its leaders and also Chinese goods with many calling to boycott the same.
And Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, who made the chant ‘Go Corona’ famous have also joined in the protest. However, the statement he gave on boycotting unintentionally sounds more like against India than China.
In a statement to ANI, Ramdas said that restaurants selling Chinese food should be banned, and people should also boycott Chinese food.
Surely, the statement didn’t make any sense as Chinese food is nothing that we import from China. It’s mostly homegrown and just named Chinese because its origin is from China. So, boycotting Chinese food and shutting down restaurants that sell Chinese food is our loss & not China’s.
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The statement elicited a wave of responses online, with people pointing out that food shouldn’t have anything to do with the current situation.
Koi is ch. Ko smjhao ke People selling chinese cuisines are 100% indian. Ab Pandey fast food centre se china ka kya lena dena.
— Akshaay Kumar (@Nher_who) June 18, 2020
Yaha hum inki baato ko mazak me le rahe hain, kal India me Chinese restaurants par attack shuru ho jayein to hairaan mat hona kyuki Athawale ji ke kuch supporters Athawale ji se bhi 4 kadam aage hain.
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) June 18, 2020
India me Chinese food Indians hi banate hain @RamdasAthawale sir. Isse China ko koi revenue nahi jaata. Ban karna hi hai to tiktok ban karwaiye.
— THE SKIN DOCTOR (@theskindoctor13) June 18, 2020
Isko union minister kon banaya be ?
— ?? Bhau ka Fan (@BhauKaFan) June 18, 2020
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Go Chowmein, Chowmein Go.
— Abijit Ganguly (@AbijitG) June 18, 2020
मलिंगा और कंगना को भी बैन करो वो चोमीन सर पर लगाए घूमते है
— प्रोफेसर Raja babu ?? (@GaurangBhardwa1) June 18, 2020
20 Indian soldiers have been bludgeoned to death by China and this union minister/member of parliament is in the mood to make jokes cause his stupidity is rewarded with free air time & attention. What an insult to the sacrifice & memory of those soldiers.
— Lebrown James (@Naa_Cheese) June 18, 2020
अरे इन्हें समझाओ कोई, उनका सिर्फ नाम चायनीज़ फ़ूड है। लेकिन वो हैं made in india ही।
— Dr Monika Singh (@MonikaSingh__) June 18, 2020
उसकी कमाई भारतीय लोगो के पास ही जाती है।
एक से बढ़कर एक नेता हैं इनके पास कसम से ?
? ? legend for a reason.
— Mask ? (@Mr_LoLwa) June 18, 2020
भारत मे चाइना का फ़ूड भारतीय बनाते है उसका प्रॉफिट चाइना नही जाता अगर आपको बंद करवाना है तो चाइनीज मोबाइल और जूते चप्पल बंद करवाइए
— Arnav Goswami (@FaceChanger_) June 18, 2020
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