Fact Check: BR Ambedkar's great-grandson mistakes cattle breed for caste
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the claim misleading. 'Brahman Pies' has nothing to do with the Indian caste Brahmins, which is also spelt differently. It is a 100% Australian-owned company.
On February 21, the great-grandson of Dr Bhimrao Ambedkar, Rajratna Ambedkar, did a Facebook Live from Australia's Brisbane in which he claimed that while Brahmins in India consider cow a deity, those in Australia are slaughtering cows and selling beef under the brand 'Brahman Pies'.
In a 6-minute-32-second video, Ambedkar can be seen with a friend outside an outlet of a food franchisee called 'Brahman Pies'. In the video, he claimed that 'Brahman Pies' sells many non-vegetarian food items, including beef, and is owned by Brahmins in Australia. The caption in Hindi along with the video translates to, "Cow is India's mother, but look who's consuming it in Australia?"
The video is being shared like wildfire on social media. Till the filing of this story, the video has been viewed more than 48 lakh times, shared over 1.28 lakh times and liked by 66,000 users. The archived version can be seen here.
India Today Anti Fake News War Room (AFWA) has found the claim misleading. 'Brahman Pies' has nothing to do with the Indian caste Brahmins, which is also spelt differently. It is a 100 per cent Australian-owned company, which indeed sells beef-related food items, but the name 'Brahman Pies' comes after a cattle breed called 'Brahman' and not the caste Brahmin.
Twitter handle "Political Kida" also pointed out the same through a video which carries an official statement by the 'Brahman Pies' team on the viral video.
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