TIL Desk/National/New Desk/ Congress president Rahul Gandhi’s first response to BJP accusations that the party hired Cambridge Analytica for data theft. Rahul Gandhi tweeted, “Problem: 39 Indians dead; Govt on the mat, caught lying.
Solution: Invent story on Congress & Data Theft.
Result: Media networks bite bait;
39 Indians vanish from radar.
Problem solved.”
The BJP on Wednesday accused the Congress of hiring the services of Cambridge Analytica, a data mining firm accused of illegally harvesting Facebook users’ details to influence elections in several countries, and wondered if the party would now depend on data theft to woo voters.
The Congress, however, denied the charge and instead, accused the ruling party of using the services of the controversial firm. The BJP also rejected the allegation.
Union minister and BJP leader Ravi Shankar Prasad launched a scathing attack on the Congress and its president Rahul Gandhi as he cited several media reports, which claimed that the New York-based company would work for Gandhi ahead of the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
