Surf Excel latest ad on Holi has landed the product in controversy. As the ad focus on friendship beyond religious boundaries.
The ad didn’t go well with the right-wing Hindu supporters. They are saying that the ad promotes love-jihad.
This resulted in angered and hatred among them and they all started to demand a complete ban on all products of Surf Excel’s parent company HUL (Hindustan Unilever).
Later when other people started to watch the ad amid controversy, and they decided to raise their voice because they didn’t find any part controversial. As of now, the Internet is divided with right-wing Hindu supporter demanding boycott while other stands with the ad.
In all this, there are a set of people who aren’t able to differentiate between Surf Excel and Microsoft Excel as the last name matches. And resulting this, these so-called right-wing members on Google Play Store are giving a negative rating to the Microsoft Excel. They are even mentioning a comment “Boycott Surf Excel.”
Here are the few comments mentioned by them against Surf Excel
When you are confused between #SurfExcel and Microsoft Excel, shit happens. pic.twitter.com/vxJaVfLzcw
— Aparna (@chhuti_is) March 11, 2019
Bhakts giving bad to reviews to Microsoft Excel bcz it ends with Excel.#Surf_Excel #SurfExcel #Surf_Excel_India pic.twitter.com/hQVBtvLiBk
— Riyaz Ahmed Khan (@RiazJS) March 11, 2019
Hate can blind you from knowing the difference between #SurfExcel and #MicrosoftExcel #ReligiousFanatics
— Syed Arsalan Abidi (@ArsalanAbidi) March 11, 2019
OMG.. Indian stupid fundamentalist think @DaagAchheHain #SurfExcel is a product of @Microsoft Excel . Telling that this is anti Hindu. @BillGates don’t smile plz. This is fucking dangerous for new India. pic.twitter.com/1NTU4V9SVu
— M.M.Islam (@MMislam86) March 11, 2019
At times I used to wonder if the universe has more idiots than Ajith fans. Bhakts have challenged my belief in most surprising ways. One way now is that they’re giving low rating to Microsoft Excel thinking it’s a product of Surf Excel.
— George Vijay Addict (@VijayIsMyLife) March 11, 2019