Summon Us Envoy Over 'kali-Ma' Beer: Bjp

[katharnak]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]New Delhi, May 15: The issue of a beer named "Kali-Ma", after the Hindu goddess Kali, being sold by a company in the US was raised in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding that the government immediately summon the US ambassador.[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The beer, by the Burnside Brewing Company based in Oregon state, also has a picture of the goddess on the bottles. [/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Stating that the religious feelings of Hindus were being hurt, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said: "The UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government claims good relations with the US... Is there no manufacturing code there." [/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Raising the issue in zero hour, he asked: "Can they show the god of any other faith like this."[/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]The BJP member asked the government to "summon the American ambassador" immediately. [/font]

[font=arial,helvetica,sans-serif]Replying to the issue, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said he would "inform the external affairs minister (S.M. Krishna) immediately". [/font]

[PMREDDY19]

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[manjunath455]

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