Let's quickly get this out of our way first - This number 8000980009 was used by BJP in 2014 for a specific campaign but no longer!
This number is being used by the 'Rally For Rivers' campaign team only - since 2017.
People go to such absurdities to malign a good cause by spreading news like this and gullible masses fall for it!
I would even say that people spreading such rumours are against restoration of rivers and are really criminals working against India itself.
Rally For Rivers endorsed by Congress party
For everyone's information, the cause of Rally For Rivers has been endorsed by the INC President, Ms Sonia Gandhi openly:
https://twitter.com/INCIndia/status/902188087886757889
Now, shouldn't people think why the Congress party would support this cause if the number is still being used by BJP?
And this endorsement came 45 days after the campaign was launched and support shown by several other celebrities / political parties. They have had plenty of time to verify all this before such a public endorsement!
Who else had used this 8000980009 number?
80009-80009 number was used earlier in:
2012 - Gutka Mukti Abhiyan
2013 - Statue of Unity
2014 - BJP
From 2015 to 2017, the 8000980009 number was with Horlicks company. Check this link: http://www.somuchthingstotell.com/2016/05/the-horlicks-immunity4growth-indiblogger-meet/
Even Coca Cola had used this number in the past!
Am I leaking my information out by missed call?
This question is as ridiculous as it could get!
Suppose I call you and you do not know me, all you have about me is the phone number. Can I trace back that number and find out who called? May be through TrueCaller app .. possibly. But imagine if 1000 people give you missed call. Would you care to do lookup all of them? May be, if I am determined hacker .. barely possibly.
Now scale it up. Already several lakhs of people have given their missed calls to this number. What about the scale when 10,000,000 people do it or even better 100,000,000 people?
Do you even think it is possible to do a reverse number lookup in that large scale? There is absolutely no way to do it! Please rest assured that such things do not happen. These are all unnecessary fears spread by vested interests working against this campaign.
Can I also get such a fancy number in India?
Sure! Anybody can have or get a fancy phone number in India. It just costs a few more rupees. A simple Google search on fancy numbers brings up this:
Now, after this campaign is over and you as an individual want to take the 8000980009 number, you could apply to the service provider and get it!
I want to take the 8000980009 number
I would say it is a bad idea to do it immediately. Typically once a phone number is used for a campaign, it will not be used by individuals or even for another campaign for a few years because many people would then call that number still inquiring about the campaign, etc.
If you still want to go ahead with it, please do!
Conclusion
People cannot and should not take their privacy easy. But at the same time they should not fall prey to such silly rumours.
In this case, odds are that it is a sheer coincidence for 8000980009 number used in an earlier campaign by BJP to be used for the 'Rally For Rivers' campaign now.
If it was used by a Congress party campaign earlier, the anti-campaign elements would simply have been in a different way. Such detractors have no other jobs than coming up non-existent ghosts like this ..
If you are still not convinced, you need this!
This number is being used by the 'Rally For Rivers' campaign team only - since 2017.
People go to such absurdities to malign a good cause by spreading news like this and gullible masses fall for it!
I would even say that people spreading such rumours are against restoration of rivers and are really criminals working against India itself.
Rally For Rivers endorsed by Congress party
For everyone's information, the cause of Rally For Rivers has been endorsed by the INC President, Ms Sonia Gandhi openly:
https://twitter.com/INCIndia/status/902188087886757889
Now, shouldn't people think why the Congress party would support this cause if the number is still being used by BJP?
And this endorsement came 45 days after the campaign was launched and support shown by several other celebrities / political parties. They have had plenty of time to verify all this before such a public endorsement!
Who else had used this 8000980009 number?
80009-80009 number was used earlier in:
2012 - Gutka Mukti Abhiyan
2013 - Statue of Unity
2014 - BJP
From 2015 to 2017, the 8000980009 number was with Horlicks company. Check this link: http://www.somuchthingstotell.com/2016/05/the-horlicks-immunity4growth-indiblogger-meet/
Even Coca Cola had used this number in the past!
Am I leaking my information out by missed call?
This question is as ridiculous as it could get!
Suppose I call you and you do not know me, all you have about me is the phone number. Can I trace back that number and find out who called? May be through TrueCaller app .. possibly. But imagine if 1000 people give you missed call. Would you care to do lookup all of them? May be, if I am determined hacker .. barely possibly.
Now scale it up. Already several lakhs of people have given their missed calls to this number. What about the scale when 10,000,000 people do it or even better 100,000,000 people?
Do you even think it is possible to do a reverse number lookup in that large scale? There is absolutely no way to do it! Please rest assured that such things do not happen. These are all unnecessary fears spread by vested interests working against this campaign.
Can I also get such a fancy number in India?
Sure! Anybody can have or get a fancy phone number in India. It just costs a few more rupees. A simple Google search on fancy numbers brings up this:
Now, after this campaign is over and you as an individual want to take the 8000980009 number, you could apply to the service provider and get it!
I want to take the 8000980009 number
I would say it is a bad idea to do it immediately. Typically once a phone number is used for a campaign, it will not be used by individuals or even for another campaign for a few years because many people would then call that number still inquiring about the campaign, etc.
If you still want to go ahead with it, please do!
Conclusion
People cannot and should not take their privacy easy. But at the same time they should not fall prey to such silly rumours.
In this case, odds are that it is a sheer coincidence for 8000980009 number used in an earlier campaign by BJP to be used for the 'Rally For Rivers' campaign now.
If it was used by a Congress party campaign earlier, the anti-campaign elements would simply have been in a different way. Such detractors have no other jobs than coming up non-existent ghosts like this ..
If you are still not convinced, you need this!
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