New Delhi,
\nThe Congress-BJP duel over data leaks has escalated with AICC president Rahul Gandhi on Monday describing Prime Minister Narendra Modi \u201cthe big boss who likes to spy on Indians\u201d and the BJP calling him \u201ctechnologically illiterate\u201d.<\/p>\n
Congress spokesperson Abhishek Manu Singhvi, alleging breach of privacy by the Modi government, asked why the PM\u2019s personal application \u2014 NaMo \u2014 asked for 25 personal data points, if not for the purpose of \u201cspying on people\u2019s private lives\u201d. The Congress also alleged that while an official government application asked for only 12 personal feature points, the NaMo application asked for many more.<\/p>\n
Rahul Gandhi tweeted: \u201cModi misusing PM position to build personal database with data on millions of Indians via the NaMo app promoted by the Government. If as PM he wants to use tech to communicate with India, no problem. But use the official PMO APP for it. This data belongs to India, not Modi.\u201d<\/p>\n
Moments later, Information and Broadcasting Minister Smriti Irani questioned Gandhi\u2019s \u201cIQ\u201d, comparing him with \u2018Chhota Bheem\u2019, a cartoon character.<\/p>\n
\u201cEven \u2018Chhota Bheem\u2019 knows that commonly asked permission on apps don\u2019t tantamount to snooping\u2026 Now that we\u2019re talking tech, would you care to answer @RahulGandhiji why Congress sends data to Singapore servers which can be accessed by any Tom, Dick and Analytica?\u201d she asked.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is obvious that a narrative-less Congress is worried over the direct communication between the PM and people,\u201d claimed BJP spokesperson Sambit Patra, adding it was time Rahul Gandhi \u201cgrew up\u201d.<\/p>\n
Countering BJP\u2019s accusations that it was the Congress that had indulged in data leak which was why it had offloaded its official application from Google Play Store, Singhvi explained: \u201cThe Congress does not indulge in data breach. That is BJP\u2019s domain. While NaMo application has 50 lakh downloads, our application had only 15,000. It was brought down as it was not found to be viable,\u201d Singhvi said.<\/p>\n
Asking why the PM\u2019s application needed phone numbers and emails of NCC cadets, he recalled past instances when debit card\/credit card data had been compromised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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