VIP Bags issues statement over viral ad promoting Love Jihad, denies any connection with it
As per the reports, the clip was created by combining the audio from the commercial for VIP Bags and the video from the commercial for Sky Bags.
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Soon after netizens started trending hashtags against the Sky Bag for promoting Love Jihad in the name of an Eid greeting advertisement, the luggage manufacturing company issued a clarification, claiming that the video is fake.
As per the company, the creator of this advertisement has unlawfully used VIP and Skybags brand names and attempted to tarnish the image of company and brand names.
The chairman of VIP Luggage, Dilip Piramal, has also filed a police complaint against the video maker for unauthorised usage of its name and Trademarks. He has sought action against the person who created and posted this video/advertisement.
In his complaint, the chairman said, "The advertisement has been copied and circulated on various social media, and it's damaging the brand name of the company." The VIP Ind has not issued or posted this advertisement and has no connections, with the person, who posted this advertisement. It's posted by a Facebook user named 'puffington ghost'."
Skybag के इस विज्ञापन में लड़की के परिधान बदल कर एवं बिंदी हटा कर उसकी पहचान ही लड़का बदल देता है पर लड़के के सम्पूर्ण व्यक्तित्व को जैसे का तैसा रखा गया है। इसके पीछे कंपनी क्या संदेश देना चाहती है? मैने विरोध जता दिया है। E mail id एवम phone number भी संलग्न कर रहा हूं। pic.twitter.com/7HbLkoibKJ
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It should be noted that, in the video that went viral, a Muslim man removes the bindi from a Hindu girl (supposedly a girlfriend) who has put on her bindi and makes her wear a veil to indicate conversion to Islam, allegedly at the request of her Muslim lover. It was claimed that VIP Bags had released an ad promoting conversion.
The video’s caption as Ramzan Greetings has also come under fire for its alleged attempt to normalize the practice of Love Jihad. Protestors call it a soft conversion tactic.
As per the reports, the clip was created by combining the audio from the commercial for VIP Bags and the video from the commercial for Sky Bags.The video has been posted by the director, Sumira Shik himself with the hashtag ‘#SufiyumSujathayum’.
This incident was indeed a lesson for netizens who blindly share videos and follow the narrative trend without doing fact check about it.
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