Recently, Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal was in the spotlight these days. He challenged stand-up comedian Kunal Kamra and mocked his comedy career. The controversy started when Kunal Kamra shared a post on Twitter against Ola electric scooters, forcing Ola CEO Bhavish Aggarwal to respond.
Who is Bhavish Agarwal?
Bhavish Aggarwal is the co-founder and CEO of Ola Cabs – one of the fastest growing startups in India. He started his career at Microsoft Research, in 2010 he co-founded Ola Cabs from his home. He received his bachelor’s degree in Computer Science and Engineering from IIT Bombay in 2008.
In a short span of time Aggarwal and his company have been honoured with several awards like ‘mBillionth Award South Asia 2013’, ‘Best Startup of the Year’ by IAMAI.
Why Bhavish Agarwal is in the Headlines?
Kamra shared a picture of the Ola Center, where electric vehicles are standing in a cramped space and gathering dust. He also retweeted a tweet by Bhavish Aggarwal and said, Do Indian consumers have a voice? Do they deserve it? Aggarwal had shared a picture of a beautiful Ola Gigafactory.
Anyone who has an issue with Ola Electric, drop your story below and tag everyone, Kamra said, tagging Union Minister Nitin Gadkari and the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. Many people shared their unpleasant experiences with Ola EV in the comments section.
The post drew a reaction from Bhavish Agarwal, who accused Kamra of targeting his company through “paid tweets”. Agarwal targeted Kamra by calling him a failed comedy career and offered him a chance to join Ola and said he would pay him twice the amount he was paid for his failed comedy career.
Kamra did not ignore Agarwal’s taunts. He replied, ‘Paid tweets, failed comedy career, and sitting quietly. Indian businessman at his most humble.’ The stand-up comedian challenged Aggarwal to prove his claim of getting paid for the tweet. He also shared a clip of an old stand-up performance where he surprised the audience and opened for Grover.
However, Aggarwal continued to comment on Kamra’s career, quipped, “Hurt? Pained? come to the service center. Have a lot of work. I will pay you better than your flop show.”
Kamra shifted focus to customers, demanding that Ola ‘refund the full amount to those who want to return their electric vehicle, especially those who bought it in the last four months. I don’t need your money. People who are not able to go to their workplace need your accountability. Show your customers that you care about them.’
Aggarwal stressed that his company has enough programs in place for customers if they face service delays. ‘Again, don’t try to back out from this. Come and do some real work instead of armchair criticizing,’ he said in response to Kamra’s tweet.
