<p>The issue of a beer named "Kali-Ma", after the Hindu goddess Kali, being sold by a company in the US was raised in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding that the government immediately summon the US ambassador.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The beer, by the Burnside Brewing Company based in Oregon state, also has a picture of the goddess on the bottles. Stating that the religious feelings of Hindus were being hurt, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said: "The UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government claims good relations with the US... Is there no manufacturing code there." <br /><br />Raising the issue in zero hour, he asked: "Can they show the god of any other faith like this." The BJP member asked the government to "summon the American ambassador" immediately. <br /><br />Replying to the issue, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said he would "inform the external affairs minister (S.M. Krishna) immediately". <br /></p>
<p>The issue of a beer named "Kali-Ma", after the Hindu goddess Kali, being sold by a company in the US was raised in the Rajya Sabha Tuesday with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) demanding that the government immediately summon the US ambassador.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The beer, by the Burnside Brewing Company based in Oregon state, also has a picture of the goddess on the bottles. Stating that the religious feelings of Hindus were being hurt, BJP MP Ravi Shankar Prasad said: "The UPA (United Progressive Alliance) government claims good relations with the US... Is there no manufacturing code there." <br /><br />Raising the issue in zero hour, he asked: "Can they show the god of any other faith like this." The BJP member asked the government to "summon the American ambassador" immediately. <br /><br />Replying to the issue, Minister of State for Parliamentary Affairs Rajiv Shukla said he would "inform the external affairs minister (S.M. Krishna) immediately". <br /></p>