Bhavish Aggarwal and Kunal Kamra had been engaged in a heated spat final week
New Delhi:
RPG Group Chairman Harsh Goenka on Tuesday took a dig at Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal over his latest spat with comic Kunal Kamra. Taking to his official X account, Mr Goenka stated he makes use of his Ola if he has to journey from one ‘kamra’ (room) to a different.
“If I’ve to journey shut distances, I imply from one ‘kamra’ to a different, I take advantage of my Ola,” he wrote, tagging Mr Aggarwal and an image of him sitting on an Ola electrical car.
If I’ve to journey shut distances, I imply from one ‘kamra’ to a different, I take advantage of my Ola @bhashpic.twitter.com/wujahVCzR1
— Harsh Goenka (@hvgoenka) October 8, 2024
His ‘kamra’ point out was an obvious reference to the surname of the comic, who final week was engaged in a heated argument with Mr Aggarwal over the scenario of Ola service centres.
The argument started when Mr Kamra took to his official X account and posted a picture displaying a lot of EV scooters being parked at an Ola service centre.
“Do Indian customers have a voice? Do they deserve this? Two-wheelers are many each day wage staff’ lifeline… Anyone who has a problem with Ola Electric go away your story beneath tagging all…,” he wrote.
In one other submit, he responded to a consumer who stated that Ola has a “pathetic service”.
“Worse is the chief has no reply,” Mr Kamra stated.
His submit, nonetheless, irked Bhavish Aggarwal, who stated that it was a “paid tweet” and requested Mr Kamra to “come and assist” them out.
“Since you care a lot Kunal Kamra, come and assist us out! I’ll even pay greater than you earned for this paid tweet or out of your failed comedy profession. Or else sit quiet and allow us to concentrate on fixing the problems for the actual prospects. We’re increasing the service community quick and backlogs will probably be cleared quickly,” the Ola boss wrote on X.
Since you care a lot @kunalkamra88, come and assist us out! I’ll even pay greater than you earned for this paid tweet or out of your failed comedy profession.
Or else sit quiet and allow us to concentrate on fixing the problems for the actual prospects. We’re increasing service community quick and backlogs… https://t.co/ZQ4nmqjx5q
— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) October 6, 2024
Mr Kamra then responded to Mr Aggarwal’s submit.
“Paid tweet, failed comedy profession, and sit quietly. Indian businessman at their humble greatest… If you possibly can show I’m paid for the tweet this or anything I have to’ve stated towards personal firms, I’ll delete all social media and sit quietly eternally,” he stated.
He additionally tagged a clip of his standup act final 12 months. “On my failed comedy profession here is a clip from final 12 months once I stunned an viewers… Anything else you smug, substandard, prick.”
On my failed comedy profession here is a clip from final 12 months once I stunned an viewers & opened for Grover…
Anything else you smug, substandard, prick @bhashpic.twitter.com/e7bQzVcCrT— Kunal Kamra (@kunalkamra88) October 6, 2024
Responding to his tweet, Mr Aggarwal once more requested Mr Kamra to come back to an Ola service centre.
“Chot lagi? Dard hua? (Did it harm) Aaja (come to) service centre. Bahut kaam hai (We have quite a lot of work). I’ll pay higher than your flop reveals pay you. Show your viewers how a lot you actually care and whether or not you are solely gasoline,” he stated.
Kunal Kamra then requested Mr Aggarwal to as a substitute give a “whole refund” to anybody who needs to return their Ola EV and who has bought it within the final 4 months.
“I do not want your cash. People not having the ability to get to their office want your accountability. Show your prospects that you just actually care,” he wrote.
Responding to his submit, the Ola CEO stated they’ve “sufficient packages” for his or her prospects in the event that they face service delays.
We have sufficient packages for our prospects in the event that they face service delays. If you had been a real one, you’ll have identified.
Again, do not attempt to again out of this. Come and do some actual work reasonably than armchair criticism. https://t.co/HFFKgsl7d9
— Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) October 6, 2024
“If you had been a real one, you’ll have identified. Again, do not attempt to again out of this. Come and do some actual work reasonably than armchair criticism,” he added.
Ola Electric Gets Show Cause Notice
The Central Consumer Protection Authority has issued a present trigger discover to Ola Electric for alleged violation of shopper rights, deceptive commercial and unfair commerce practices, based on a regulatory submitting by the corporate. The firm obtained the present trigger discover by e mail on October 7, 2024, it stated within the submitting.
The present trigger discover has been issued by the “Central Consumer Protection Authority (CCPA) for alleged violation of shopper rights, deceptive commercial and unfair commerce practices”, it added.
The shares of Ola Electric Mobility on Monday had plunged steeply over 8%, down 43% from its post-listing peak, as complaints about its flagship electrical two-wheelers stored flooding social media. It was the third straight session the EV maker declined.
Ola Electric, which made its inventory market debut about two months in the past, bought 23,965 autos in September, recording a month-on-month decline for the second consecutive month.
Its falling month-on-month gross sales have seen its market share decline for 5 straight months to 27% in September, from over 50% in April, based on the information.
The drop in gross sales comes amid scores of Ola Electric’s flagship S1 collection EV scooters reportedly dealing with points like malfunctioning {hardware} and glitching software program.