India, March 20 -- US-based ice cream maker Ben & Jerry's has sued its own parent firm Unilever over the firing of the former's CEO David Stever. Ben & Jerry's claimed that Unilever violated its merger agreement with the ouster for the brand's political activism.

Stever, who had joined the company as a tour guide in 1988, was fired after leading the company for almost two years.

In a complaint filed on Tuesday in New York, Ben & Jerry's stated that the UK-based conglomerate, that owns brands like Dove, wanted to stop Stever from making political statements.

The Guardian reported Ben & Jerry's Chairperson of the board Anuradha Mittal as saying, "Dave has courageously advanced the company's social mission and values, has continued to dri...