The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Narendra Modi-led government for not seeking a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into allege...
The Congress on Tuesday attacked the Narendra Modi-led government for not seeking a Joint Parliamentary Committee investigation into alleged collusion between social media giant Facebook and the Bharatiya Janata Party. The Congress’ attack came after reports that Union minister Ravi Shankar Prasad had written to Facebook accusing its employees of “abusing” Prime Minister Narendra Modi and other Cabinet ministers on record.
“If Modi government has an iota of credibility, why doesn’t it agree to a JPC probe into the shameless collusion between #Facebook India & BJP,” Congress Spokesperson Randeep Surjewala tweeted. “Why are u running scared? Why are u giving cover fire to guilty? Why protect the colluders? Where is the 56 inch chest?”
Dear Ravi Shankar ji,
— Randeep Singh Surjewala (@rssurjewala) September 1, 2020
If Modi Govt has an iota of credibility, why doesn’t it agree to a JPC probe into the shameless collusion between #Facebook India & BJP.
Why are u running scared?
Why are u giving cover fire to guilty?
Why protect the colluders?
Where is the 56’ chest? pic.twitter.com/sMbVdvnfww
Prasad had alleged in his letter that in the run up to the 2019 Lok Sabha Elections, Facebook’s management in India made an effort to “not just delete pages or substantially reduce their reach but also offer no recourse or right of appeal to affected...
