The BJP took a jibe at Rahul Gandhi and described his accusation of data theft against PM Narendra Modi as “a classic case of technological illiteracy.” It was further stated that the Congress president was shocked after his plan to influence the next Lok Sabha election with the help of Cambridge Analytica was “exposed.”
Various BJP leaders replied sarcastically and criticised the Congress president’s attack on PM Modi. Union minister Smriti Irani mocked Gandhi, saying that even ‘Chhota Bheem,’ knows that commonly asked permission on Apps does not “tantamount to snooping.”
Gandhi had attacked the PM on Twitter where he dubbed PM Modi as “the Big Boss who likes to spy on Indians.”
He further added that the, “NaMo App secretly records audio, video, contacts of your friends & family and even tracks users' location via GPS.”
BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra futher accused Gandhi of being technologically illiterate and stated that such kind of technological illiteracy has rarely been seen in Indian politics.
He further accused that it was the Congress app, that was “stealing” people’s data and as soon as the BJP exposed it, the opposition party took it down from Google's play store.
He alleged that the Congress was stealing data of 20 crore Indian Facebook users with the help of Cambridge Analytica and claimed that the private firm was allegedly using data theft, sleaze and honey trap to influence the 2019 Lok Sabha elections.
