Uber CEO Travis Kalanick takes jibe at Ola's co-founder, says willing to apply for Indian citizenship

Uber CEO and co-founder Travis Kalanick may have 99 problems to worry about, but his local competitor’s controversial proposal to gain foothold in the market isn’t one of them. 

Taking a jibe at Ola’s Bhavish Aggarwal’s recent remarks that the Indian government should favour local companies, Kalanick says if people have an issue with his US citizenship, he would love to become an Indian.

"If it is about whether I am personally Indian, I will apply to be a citizen of India if this's what gets us over the hump," Kalanick joked with NITI Aayog CEO Amitabh Kant at a press meet Thursday. Phasing out of the joke, Kalanick reminded, "We were always local from the beginning - but when we went to India and China we just had to take it to the next level." Read more...