Amul's Ad On Coronavirus Outbreak Triggers Debate, Singer Sona Mohapatra Says It's In Bad Taste

'Wuhan Se Yahaan Le Aaye', that's the tagline of the new ad that Amul has dropped in an attempt to commercialise the outbreak of deadly coronavirus.

'Amul, Homecoming Snack', reads the poster that shows Indians wearing masks walking out of Air India flights after being evacuated from China.

#Amul Topical: Coronavirus outbreak - Indians evacuated from China! pic.twitter.com/KM6RH35AAS

¡ª Amul.coop (@Amul_Coop) February 4, 2020

For the unversed, Wuhan is the epicenter of outbreak of the coronavirus that has killed over 500 people so far.

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The poster has kick-started a debate on Twitter. While some people are appreciating Amul's creativity.

Awesome advertisement! ? Hats off to this creativity! ?

¡ª Hemal (@007_hemal) February 4, 2020

Classic, classic, classic

¡ª Pushpesh Tripathi? (@pt_id) February 4, 2020

whats bad in this?

¡ª Max Payne (@Chirag18_11) February 5, 2020

There are others including Sona Mohaptra who think it's in bad taste.

in bad taste. pic.twitter.com/nw4WA7lBGd

¡ª ShutUpSona (@sonamohapatra) February 5, 2020

It is in bad taste. Aur kahan leke jaate. Bharat mein hi laate na.

¡ª Sourabh Bhattacharya (@b1980sourabh) February 5, 2020

Amul... Har cheez mein taang adaaye !

¡ª Farooq Ahmad Mir (@mfjanwari) February 5, 2020

Oh, c'mon Amul

¡ª db (not relational) (@dheerajbatra) February 4, 2020

Amul is known for voicing out on social issues via its posters.

Meanwhile, India has evacuated 647 Indians and seven Maldivian citizens from Wuhan city.