Rahul terms data theft charges an invention by BJP to take attention away from the death of 39 Indians in Mosul

NEW DELHI. Rahul Gandhi today said the BJP govt is accusing the Congress of having links with a dodgy information firm simplest to attract consideration clear of the debate over the 39 Indian hostages killed in Iraq by means of ISIS.
Reacting to the allegations made by means of IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Congress President took to Twitter to call the information leak charges an "invention" by means of the BJP.

Problem: 39 Indians lifeless; Govt on the mat, caught mendacity. Solution: Invent tale on Congress & Data Theft. Resul… https://t.co/Xw5KZL3OH1

— Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) 1521693865000

Union Minister Prasad had the day prior to this questioned grand previous birthday party's and its leader Rahul's links to the information analytics firm Cambridge Analytica (CA), which has been accused of illegally mining non-public information of Facebook customers to influence elections.

"There have been studies of sudden surge in Rahul’s social media following by means of the use of bots. Does CA have any function in building fake following of Rahul on social media. Will the Congress birthday party now depend on information manipulation and data robbery to win elections?” Prasad questioned.

This isn't just a question of Congress Party’s association with a rogue information research firm but it is a question of… https://t.co/Z8Wu6irGxg

— RSPrasad Office (@OfficeOfRSP) 1521618950000

The Congress communications-in-charge Randeep Surjewala rebutted the BJP minister's accusations by means of calling the BJP a "manufacturing facility of fake news" and wondering the saffron birthday party's links with CA instead.

"CA's related site shows that in 2010 its services have been utilized by BJP-JD(U). Firm's Indian partner Ovlene Business Intelligence is being run by means of BJP ally's MP's son. OBI corporate's services have been utilized by Rajnath Singh in 2009," Surjewala informed mediapersons.

CA is a British firm which came in the eye of the hurricane following an investigation by means of Britain's Channel four which alleged that the firm mined non-public knowledge of 50 million Facebook customers for for President Donald Trump all over the 2016 elections marketing campaign.