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Demand to remove Goddess Lakshmi?s image from burger packetsNew Delhi, Jul 09, 2009 (Asia Pulse Data Source via COMTEX) -- Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) Thursday sought Indian government?s intervention in preventing an American fast food chain from allegedly using the image of goddess Lakshmi on its burger packets. ?We have seen some reports of an American fast food chain using the image of goddess Lakshmi on the burger packets. Government should take up the issue urgently with the authorities concerned to stop such practices,? BJP leader Rajiv Pratap Rudy said here. There are reports of the image of goddess Lakshmi on the American King burger packets abroad. ?The use of the goddess? image on the burger packets has hurt the sentiments of millions of Hindus across the globe and there were protests also against the practice in the US,? Rudy said. He said the government should take appropriate action in this regard. |