Indian man tweets he cancelled cab ride because driver was Muslim

MUMBAI: An Indian man, proudly posted on twitter saying that he cancelled an Ola cab’s ride because the driver happened to be a Muslim.

As per details Abhishek Mishra, a Hindu extremist tweeted that he cancelled the cab because he did not want to give money to “Jihadi People”. He also shared a screenshot of the cancellation, which showed the driver’s name, Masood Alam.

Cancelled @Olacabs Booking because Driver was Muslim. I don’t want to give my money to Jihadi People. pic.twitter.com/1IIf4LlTZL

— Abhishek Mishra (@Abhishek_Mshra) April 20, 2018

Ola cabs, an Indian origin online transportation Network Company, responding to Mishra’s tweet, said; “Ola, like our country, is a secular platform, and we don’t discriminate our driver partners or customers basis their caste, religion, gender or creed. We urge all our customers and driver partners to treat each other with respect at all times.”

Ola, like our country, is a secular platform, and we don’t discriminate our driver partners or customers basis their caste, religion, gender or creed. We urge all our customers and driver partners to treat each other with respect at all times.

— Ola (@Olacabs) April 22, 2018

Many Twitter followers hailing from India also condemned Mishra’s discriminatory attitude and applauded the taxi service for its apt reply.

Awesome job @Olacabs
Shame on such people who try to divide the country. Let’s take one more step @Olacabs by blacklisting such passengers. Not just ola other service providers should also block him.

— Vishal Malhotra (@malhotra_vishal) April 22, 2018

You should have a flag system @Olacabs to put these kinds of people under no cab ride list. They better learn a lesson!!

— Akash Chowdhury (@akassh06) April 22, 2018

What have we come to? Where are we heading? If this is the #NewIndia n #DevelopingIndia I bet no one desires it 🙈 #Shame

— Gaurav Kadam (@gauraavkadam) April 22, 2018

Dear @Olacabs ,respect for you has increased a lot due to the great reply !
Today I used Ola 4times in Pune 🙂
Just a small request !
If possible suspend the account of @Abhishek_Mshra for indecent behavior with the driver and hatred,so that it won’t be repeated again in future.

— Malhar Takle (@MalharTakle) April 22, 2018

Abhishek Mishra has been a well-entrenched Hindu zealot, some influential government figures among his followers on Twitter, including Indian defence minister Nirmala Sitharaman, petroleum minister Dharmendra Pradhan and minister of culture Mahesh Sharma.