Vodafone India — mobile number portability

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I am a retired soldier. I have served the country for 15 years. Due to service requirements i had to reside in various parts of the country and hence had to take mobile connections of the local circles.
Under such circumstances i had taken a vodafone prepaid connection under maharashtra circle bearing the no. [protected] and have been using the same for nearly 2 years now. But now as i have retired and settled down in kerala i would like to retain my number as it already with my relatives and friends and is also linked to my social networking accounts.
I decided to port the number to kerala circle so i visited my nearest vodafone office and they tried to generate the upc (Unique porting code) but were unable to send the porting message. Under their instructions i called 199 and raised the issue. I got the assurance that the problem will be resolved within 24 hours. When it didn't happen i again called up 199 after repeated requests they accepted my request and sent me message that the local vodafone circle representative will get in touch with me.
The call came but they tried to blackmail me into changing my number into a post-paid connection. When i refused they disabled my services to 199 and 198 so i wouldn't be able to raise a complaint. The number is a good one so they must be thinking to sell the number to some new postpaid customer.
Seeing no other way i somehow managed to get the maharashtra vodafone customer care number and using another number i called and tried to resolve the issue. But after hearing my problem they tried to harass me by keeping my call on hold for long durations without informing me.
They tried to blackmail me that i have to change it to postpaid for minimum 3 months and also for a rental of nearly rs. 450/- when i could get better options in prepaid for less than half the amount. I wanted to talk to their senior but they didn't allow that also.
If such corporates starts resorting to such low standards to fulfill their greed & illegitimate gains then it must not be allowed and justice must be done to me.