Another cow controversy: RSS-affiliated Twitter handle wants Myntra to stop selling cow leather shoes - Myntra says no

RSS wants Myntra to stop selling cow leather products

November 13, 2015, NewsCrunch

E-commerce company Myntra has ignored a demand from an RSS-affiliated Twitter handle that asked it to stop selling Ruosh shoes, made of cow leather.

The upper body of Ruosh shoes, which is listed in the Material & Care section of Myntra app, is made of cow leather, according to a product description.

The RSS-affiliated Twitter handle (@RSS_Org) posted a tweet on November 11 asking Myntra to take such products off its catalogue. It even said government should take action against Myntra for selling cow leather products and hurting religious sentiments of Hindus.

Myntra responded with three tweets saying the shoe was made of imported leather and was legal. It, however, apologised if any sentiments were hurt, but without taking down the shoes from the catalogue.

@RSS_Org reiterated its demand and many of its followers also joined in asking Myntra to stop selling the shoes. Myntra stuck to its stand by reiterating its triple tweets.

@RSS_Org is  a handle run by RSS members and is followed by nearly 70,000 users, including PM Modi.

An RSS spokesperson told The Times of India that RSS endorsed the tweet by @RSS_Org on Myntra.

Ironically, the latest cow controversy erupted just when PM Modi was facing tough questions on rising intolerance in the country in UK.

@RSS_Org tweets asking Myntra to stop selling cow leather shoes