Mahindra Group Chairman Anand Mahindra is known to be very active on the social media platform X (formerly Twitter). He responds to the people who tagged him, often with their appreciation and sometimes with problematic posts. Recently, the Mahindra boss was tagged again in a post in which a user of the platform criticized his company’s cars. But despite this harsh criticism, Anand Mahindra managed to give his critic a calm and confident answer.
Their cars cannot compete with Japanese or Americans in their own country. Enjoy import substitution policies while they last. Mahindra will disappear if tariffs are reduced.
Garbage trucks
– Arnav Srivastava (@MUTD_Arnav) April 29, 2024
This saga started when Anand Mahindra released a short video of the newly launched Mahindra XUV 3XO on X. In the same post, a user named Arun Srivastava criticized Mahindra cars. He explained that Mahindra cars could not compete with Japanese or American cars even in the Indian car market.
Srivastava added that Mahindra should enjoy the substitution policy while they can because once this policy is lifted, they will disappear. He added that reduced tariffs on international brands would also lead to a decline in the popularity of Mahindra cars in India.
Anand Mahindra’s answer to his critic
Thank you for your skepticism.
It just fuels the fire in our bellies.
I was told exactly the same thing when I joined the company in 1991.
Global consultants advised us to get out of the industry.
We were told the same thing when Toyota and other global giants in the UV… https://t.co/oYMBO6HcWk
– Anand Mahindra (@anandmahindra) April 29, 2024
Generally, numerous people share such criticisms of Anand Mahindra’s contributions and most of the time, the billionaire chairman ignores these issues. However, this time Anand Mahindra managed to respond to this harsh criticism.
Anand Mahindra, in his tweet in response to Srivastava, said, “Thank you for your skepticism. It just fuels the fire in our bellies.” He added that this is exactly what he was told when he joined the Mahindra Group after completing his training in 1991.
The Mahindra boss added: “Global consultants have advised us to exit the industry. We were told the same thing when Toyota and other global UV giants came to India. But we’re still here.”
He concluded by noting that every day is a fight for survival for everyone and at Mahindra we enjoy that. He added, “We hope to be there for the next 100 years and continue to fight for your approval every day .”
Anand Mahindra is also known for his generosity
In addition to dealing with criticism as mentioned above, the Mahindra boss is also known as a very generous person. In the last few years, Anand Mahindra has gifted Mahindra SUVs to several athletes to show their appreciation.
Back in September last year, Anand Mahindra gifted right-arm Indian fast bowler Mohammad Siraj a brand new Thar off-roader. The best part about this gift was the way he announced it. One of the users on X asked Anand Mahindra to gift Siraj a car after his outstanding performance in the Asia Cup.
Instead of normally explaining it to the user, Anand Mahindra tweeted this user’s tweet saying, “Been there, done that.” This is a common expression that the younger generation uses to express something they have already done. And Anand Mahindra using this phrase got a lot of attention on the internet.
Earlier, Anand Mahindra also gifted India’s youngest chess grandmaster, Praggnanandhaa’s parents, a new Mahindra XUV400 electric SUV. He has also gifted vehicles to Neeraj Chopra, Dutee Chanda, Shubhman Gill, Naushad Khan and many others.
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