New Delhi March 23 (IANS) Congress President Rahul Gandhi on Friday hit out at the BJP claiming that it rushed its cabinet minister "to lie" about Congress link to a firm accused of data breach whereas the real news was that the company was "paid to sabotage the Congress".
"BJP lying factory at work: Journalist set to break big story on how Cambridge Analytica (CA) was paid to infiltrate and sabotage the Congress in 2012 " said Gandhi in Twitter.
"BJP rushes cabinet minister to lie and spin fake news: Congress worked with CA! Real story vanishes " he added attaching an NDTV story with headline "Whistleblower Reveals Cambridge Analytica s India Link".
Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had alleged that the Congress was using the services of the London-based political data analytics firm CA and also claimed that the firm was involved in Gandhi s social media campaign and there had been meetings too in this regard.
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