Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance, recently ported Vodafone-Idea’s SIM number to another company.
Telecom companies that provide mobile sim to the consumers of the country, collect charges arbitrarily, but if a subscriber port his SIM number to another company, then these telecom companies also refrain from threatening them. does not come. Who should talk about common consumers, these companies do not hesitate to threaten even the Principal Economic Advisor (CEA) of the Ministry of Finance, telecom companies of dire consequences.
According to media reports, Vodafone-Idea, the country’s telecom company, has threatened Sanjeev Sanyal, CEA of the Ministry of Finance, of dire consequences for non-payment. CEA Sanyal has given this information from his official Twitter handle. He said that after porting his number from Vodafone-Idea’s customer care to another telecom company, he received threatening calls to clear the dues. However, in this matter, telecom company Vodafone-Idea has said in its clarification that it has resolved the matter.
I received a very rude and almost threatening call from this no today +918037104873 to pay Vi or face dire consequences. I am obviously not bothered but can imagine it would intimidating for an average citizen
— Sanjeev Sanyal (@sanjeevsanyal) September 7, 2021
What’s the matter?
According to media reports, Sanjeev Sanyal, Principal Economic Adviser to the Ministry of Finance, had ported Vodafone-Idea’s SIM number to another company just a while back. After this, he started getting threatening calls from Vodafone-Idea’s customer care. By calling, the telecom company started demanding payment of the outstanding amount from him. However, CEA Sanyal said that he did not have any dues.
Will complain in TRAI
Sanyal said on social media that he gets calls from Vodafone-Idea’s customer care almost daily. Sanyal also tagged Vodafone-Idea’s customer care in his tweet. He wrote that he will complain against this to the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) and the Ministry of Telecom.
bad behavior is done
According to Sanyal, the calls that come to him are treated in a very bad manner. This is a kind of threat call. They are threatened with dire consequences if they do not pay. He further said that how these telecom companies would threaten the common consumer, it can be easily guessed.
Telecom companies charge arbitrarily
According to the CEA of the Ministry of Finance, the demands of the telecom company are different every time. They are arbitrarily demanded Rs 938 and sometimes Rs 146 from them. He said that it is the flaws of Vodafone-Idea’s internal system or it is a big scam, which companies recover money from consumers by treating them like this.
