Following outrage towards e- commerce large Amazon after customers claimed {that a} bikini having colors of the Karnataka flag and emblem was out there for sale on its Canada web site, state’s Kannada and Culture Minister Aravind Limbavali has stated the federal government would take authorized motion. Calling it a matter of Kannadigas’ self-pride and that the federal government wouldn’t tolerate such issues, the Minister requested Amazon Canada to apologise. This comes shut on the heels of an outrage towards tech large Google over a search consequence that confirmed Kannada as Indias “ugliest language”.
“We experienced an insult of Kannada by @Google recently. Even before the scars could heal, we find @amazonca using the colours of #Kannada flag and the kannada icon on ladies clothes,” Limbavali has stated. “Multinational corporations ought to cease such repeated insult of #Kannada This is a matter of Kannadigas” self-pride and we will not tolerate the rise in such incidents. @amazonca should, therefore, apologise to Kannadigas. Legal action will be taken immediately against @amazonca,” he tweeted on Saturday.
The Minister had directed for comparable motion towards Google following uproar final week towards search consequence confirmed Kannada as Indias “ugliest language“, however later determined towards going forward with it, because the tech large tendered an apology. Terming it an insult to the federal government, JD(S) chief and former Chief Minister HD Kumaraswamy has requested the federal government to look into prospects of taking motion towards Amazon, and it was essential to cease the recurrence of such issues in future. He additionally demanded that Amazon ought to apologise to Kannadigas. The bikini had the colors of unofficial state’s flag, in hues of yellow and purple, and has the state’s emblem “Gandaberunda,” a two-headed mythological bird, which now seems to have been removed by Amazon from its Canada site following uproar. There was no immediate comment from Amazon.
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