Anand Mahindra Responds As Video Of Karnataka Farmer’s Humiliation At Car Showroom Goes Viral

The salesperson has allegedly humiliated the farmer Kempegowda RL and his friends, thinking they were window shoppers

Mahindra group Chairman Anand Mahindra

New Delhi: After a video of a Karnataka farmer, who was shooed away by a car salesperson at a Mahindra showroom on Saturday (January 22) made a come back with Rs 10 lakh demanding to deliver his dream car on the same day, went viral, Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra on Tuesday tweeted that any aberration from the company philosophy would be addressed with great urgency.

The salesperson has allegedly humiliated the farmer Kempegowda RL and his friends, thinking they were window shoppers. "He said I wouldn't even have Rs 10, let alone Rs 10 lakh to buy the car," the farmer is heard saying in Kannada in the video, reports The Indian Express.

However, it was the farmer's comeback that won everyone's heart on the internet as he returned with Rs 10 lakh in cash within an hour and demanded the salesperson to deliver the SUV on the same day. Later, the showroom employees apologised to Kempegowda and gave him a written apology.

On social media, the netizens tagged the group chairman and asked if there would be any action taken against the employees claiming that the plain apology wouldn't be sufficient for the humiliation the farmer has to face. 

After that, Anand Mahindra took to Twitter saying, "The Core Purpose of Mahindra is to enable our communities & all stakeholders to Rise. And a key Core Value is to uphold the Dignity of the Individual. Any aberration from this philosophy will be addressed with great urgency."

The Core Purpose of @MahindraRise is to enable our communities & all stakeholders to Rise.And a key Core Value is to uphold the Dignity of the Individual. Any aberration from this philosophy will be addressed with great urgency. https://t.co/m3jeCNlV3w

— anand mahindra (@anandmahindra) January 25, 2022