Overview
- A video from a facility in Gannaur, Sonipat shows employees discarding boxes of Soan Papdi outside the company gate after receiving them as Diwali gifts.
- The footage was posted on X by user @WokePandemic and was widely reshared across social platforms.
- News reports say the gifts were reportedly handed out instead of cash bonuses, with some accounts attributing worker anger to rising costs and alleged wage delays.
- Authorities cited in coverage said there was no property damage or violence linked to the incident.
- Online reaction ranged from criticism over wasting food and appeals to donate the sweets to sympathy for the workers, with the episode reviving memes that cast Soan Papdi as an unwanted gift.