"McDonald's new logo in America. The government is forced not to stop it because politicians take bribes. What is the compulsion of Hindus to eat the goods of this company which slaughters cows," reads the Hindi-language caption of a post shared here on X on December 14, 2023.
The image that resembles the McDonald's logo shows a skinned cow chained inside a building.
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Cows are considered sacred by Hindus and many Indian states have banned their slaughter.
AFP has reported about vigilante squads that roam highways to stop the animals from being transported across state borders, some of which have been linked to sectarian violence between India's majority Hindus and its 200-million-strong Muslim minority.
The US fast-food chain does not serve beef or pork at its outlets in India to avoid offending Hindus and Muslims.
Some users believed the claim to be true and called for a boycott of McDonald's products.
One user wrote: "This is an insult to the entire Hindu society, all Hindus should together boycott all the products of McDonald's."
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