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Updated October 19th, 2021 at 14:12 IST

MP Kanimozhi backs Zomato user who tagged her on 'Hindi' row, issues strong response

MP & DMK leader Kanimozhi backed the Zomato user who tagged her over being told he should 'know Hindi'. She sought mandatory customer service in local language.

Reported by: Joel Kurian
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Zomato landed in a controversy on Monday after its customer alleged that he was asked to 'know Hindi' by a customer care executive. The customer, based in Tamil Nadu, had also tagged Kanimozhi, Member of Parliament, Women's Wing Secretary of the Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) and daughter of former Chief Minister M Karunanidhi. The politician extended her support to the customer. Kanimozhi stated that it should be made mandatory for all companies to serve their customers in their local language. She stated that it was not necessary for a customer to know Hindi or English.

Kanimozhi backed the customer aggrieved by Zomato's customer service by writing that she was not in favour of customer care of companies operating only in select languages. She also used the hashtag 'Hindi theriyathu poda', which was a term that went viral last year reportedly because of her. It meant 'I don't know Hindi, go away' and many celebrities of the Tamil film industry had sported the message on their T-shirts then. Numerous Tamil politicians have protested against the imposition of Hindi over the years.

It all started with a man named Vikash from Tamil Nadu approaching the food delivery platform's customer service over a missing order. He posted screenshots of his conversation with a customer service executive, who asked the customer to approach the restaurant to register the complaint. When the customer insisted on the executive solving the problem by contacting the restaurant, the executive first said 'language barrier.' When the customer expressed surprise that the person did not know Tamil despite the company serving Tamil Nadu customers, the latter replied that Hindi was the 'national language.' The executive further stated that 'everybody' should 'know a bit of Hindi.' 

The Zomato handle on Twitter themselves termed it 'unacceptable' and asked the customer for contact details to address his grievance. While the man sought a 'public apology' and a 'strong clarification,' the company then replied to him that his 'issue was addressed.' However, by then 'Reject Zomato' became a trending topic on Twitter. Another hashtag then surfaced as 'Hindi is Not National Language.'  Among the reactions was One netizen uninstalling the Zomato app, while another put '1 star' out of 5 on the app on Google Play Store. 

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Published October 19th, 2021 at 14:12 IST

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