Delhi chief minister Arvind Kejriwal has likened the surge pricing during car rationing scheme by app-based taxis such as Ola and Uber to ‘daylight robbery.’
He tweeted, “Surge pricing is daylight robbery. No responsible government can allow this. Some taxis saying they will provide cabs if they are not allowed to loot. This is open blackmailing and government will not let that happen.”
Surge pricing is daylight robbery. No responsible govt can allow that(1/2)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 20, 2016
Some taxis saying they will not provide cab if they are not allowed to loot. This is open blackmailing n govt will not let that happen(2/2)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 20, 2016
Kejriwal also targetted a media house for supporting surge pricing by accusing it to have business interests in ‘one of these taxi aggregators.’
Without naming the media house, the Delhi chief minister said, “Some media houses supporting surge pricing. One of these media houses has Rs 150 crore investment in one of these taxi aggregators.”
Some media houses supporting surge pricing. One of these media houses has Rs 150 cr investment in one of these taxi aggregators
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 20, 2016
Kejriwal said he was not against app-based taxis but they needed to follow the rule.
He said, “We are not against taxi aggregators. We fully support them. They provide important service to people. But they will have to follow law. Overcharging, diesel cars, drivers without licence/badges and blackmailing by taxi aggregators won’t be allowed.”
We are not against taxi aggregators. We fully support them. They provide imp service to people. But they will have to follow law(1/2)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 20, 2016
Overcharging, diesel cars, drivers without license/badges n blackmailing by taxi aggregators won't be allwed(2/2)
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) April 20, 2016