This reply by Ola Cabs to a customer who demanded a 'Hindu driver' will make you proud

By Prajakta Hebbar

When did you take a radio cab last? And when you did, did you think about your driver's religion?

While most of us would raise our eyebrows at such a question, Twitter user Seelam Veerapa Naidu found himself in the centre of a raging debate because he tweeted to Ola Cabs yesterday and demanded that they allow him to choose his drivers, because "being a Hindu, he preferred a Hindu driver".



Naidu, predictably, has been getting a lot of hate online, but Ola Cabs' reply to the tweet will make any Indian proud:

The Delhi government last month requested the Centre to block web-based apps of taxi operators Uber, Ola Cabs and TaxiForSure, alleging that these companies were not complying with a ban order imposed by it.

All app-based cab services were banned in the National Capital after a driver of Uber, the US-based online taxi-hailing company, was accused of raping a female passenger.

Meanwhile, Uber, a competitor, responded to Ola's tweet.



Naidu went on to explain himself.



And issued an apology, well sort of, to Ola.