Hyundai Regrets Offense Caused to People of India After Backlash on Pakistan Distributor's Kashmir Tweet

New Delhi, February 8: South Korean auto main Hyundai Motor Company on Tuesday regretted the offense precipitated to Indians by "unauthorised Kashmir-related social media posts" by its distributor in Pakistan and mentioned the motion was towards its international coverage. On Sunday Hyundai Motor India had confronted backlash on social media, after a seller of Hyundai in Pakistan posted a message supporting separatists in Kashmir, and #BoycottHyundai trended on Twitter in India with many individuals asking to cease shopping for the corporate's merchandise within the nation. A twitter account of a Hyundai seller in Pakistan with deal with @hyundaiPakistanOfficial had posted a message supporting Kashmir Solidarity Day, supporting what it known as as "struggle for freedom". Hyundai India Issues Another Statement as Anger Over Kashmir Post Boils Over. "As a business policy, Hyundai Motor Company does not comment on political or religious issues in any specific region. Therefore it is clearly against the Hyundai Motor's policy that the independently owned distributor in Pakistan made unauthorized Kashmir related social media posts from their own accounts," the corporate mentioned in an announcement posted on social media. Stressing that Hyundai Motor Company has been investing in India for a lot of many years and "remains strongly committed to Indian customers", it mentioned, "We deeply regret any offense caused to the people of India by this unofficial social media activity." The firm additional mentioned as soon as the state of affairs was introduced to its consideration, it made the distributor acutely conscious of the "inappropriateness of the action". "We have since taken measures to ensure the distributor which misused the Hyundai brand identity has removed the social media posts and we have put in place processes to prevent a future recurrence," the assertion mentioned. Clarifying that its subsidiary, Hyundai Motor India, isn't related to the distributor in Pakistan, the corporate mentioned, "We strongly reject the distributor's unauthorized non business related social media activity." Hyundai Motor India is the second-largest carmaker within the nation after Maruti Suzuki India. It presently sells 12 fashions, together with Creta and Venue within the home market. In December final 12 months, the automaker introduced plans to make investments round Rs 4,000 crore to drive in round six electrical autos in India by 2028. It is planning to roll out a mixture of fashions based mostly on its current vary in addition to fully new autos based mostly on its international platform 'E-GMP' over the subsequent few years. Delhi Based Lawyer Filed Complaint to MCA, Police Against Hyundai, Kia, KFC, Pizza Hut Over Their Post on Kashmir Issue. Established in 1967, Hyundai Motor Company is current in over 200 international locations with greater than 1.2 lakh workers. On Monday, Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) chain KFC apologised following outrage on social media over a publish from its Pakistan-based franchise supporting separatists in Kashmir. Similarly, one other QSR chain Pizza Hut additionally issued an announcement saying "it does not condone, support or agree with the contents of a post circulating in social media" after dealing with backlash over an Instagram publish on Kashmir by its official deal with in Pakistan. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, SociallyKeeda Staff could not have modified or edited the content material physique)