VIDEO: TV reporter ‘heckles’ Haldiram staff over 'Urdu text' on Falhari mixture snack

A video of a news reporter “heckling” a store manager of a Haldiram’s outlet for Urdu description on the packaging of a Falhari mixture is going viral on the social media.

In the viral video, reporter is heard questioning the manager “what Haldiram's was trying to hide by concealing the description of the namkeen packet in Urdu”.

Replying to the question, the manager says that the food inside the packet is healthy, and then she asks the reporter to leave the store. She says, “If you want to have this you can have it, if you don’t want to have it, you can just keep this here and go from my outlet.”

As per the viral video, the description at the back of the namkeen is written in Urdu while the main text on the front is in English. Also, the packaging clearly displays the green vegetarian symbol.

Meanwhile, a debate has started on social media. Some netizens are praising the Haldiram staff for the way she dealt with the reporter, while others are inquisitive to know why the company printed the description of the packet in the Urdu language.

#Haldirams she deserves a raise. the way she handled this is winning and demanding. #BanSudarshan https://t.co/OMSUE3FO05

— Pratik Singh (@_pratiksingh) April 5, 2022

Kudos to the #Haldirams lady for not taking Nazi tactics quietly. She fought back forcefully and passionately! That's what India needs more of. Not explaining painstakingly cos they don't want answers. They just want to keep screaming questions and spreading hate! https://t.co/6VGWjlqIbM

— Gaurav Sabnis ???????????????? (@gauravsabnis) April 5, 2022

Bought this #Haldirams Falahari mixture.

Just curious to know the reason Why there is a need to use URDU especially for this packet ?

WHY NOT HINDI ?

P.S - Haldiram generally use English pic.twitter.com/4sX8Q19Kdc

— Priyam Goyal (@goyal_priyam) April 2, 2022

Not only #Haldirams ,
Suresh Chavhanke you need to boycott Indian currency too.

Bcoz the last language written in every Indian currency is 'Urdu' . pic.twitter.com/We0yI2uqRh

— Mohammad Waseem (@wasiiyc) April 5, 2022

Here is some Urdu text. Will this reporter go to the Railways and ask what it is about? #Haldirams pic.twitter.com/DGZ8KDUoXv

— Drama Prasad Mukherjee (@KSasiKL1987) April 5, 2022

Some netizens also pointed out that the language printed on the Namkeen packet is Arabic not Urdu. As Haldiram exports to muliple Muslim majority, hence the description is also written in Arabic.

Amazing restraint by the Haldiram staff. BTW, Sudarshan's ‘sherni’ should know that it's Arabic and not Urdu. Haldiram exports to muliple Muslim majority countries who buy Indian products without discrimination.pic.twitter.com/jic6ASOo15

— Alishan Jafri (@alishan_jafri) April 5, 2022

While, some users also shared Patanjali Ghee's photo which also has arabic text on the bottle.

#BoycottPatanjali #Boycott Chip wala 2000 ka note ...
why only #Haldirams pic.twitter.com/WxHY5IoCkT

— Duttee Chand (@ChandDuttee) April 6, 2022