 "Cambridge Analytica row: Tejashwi Yadav slams Nitish Kumar, Narendra Modi over JD(U) leader KC Tyagi's son's involvement")
Patna: RJD leader Tejashwi Yadav on Thursday said JD(U) president Nitish Kumar had a lot to answer as his party leader KC Tyagi’s son was reportedly associated with controversial data mining firm Cambridge Analytica. The BJP, the JD(U)’s ally in Bihar, and the Congress have been trading charges over hiring the services Cambridge Analytica. Last week, Facebook had admitted that the British firm used data collected from 50 million users without their consent, an act of breach of privacy. “Bihar CM Nitish’s close confidant and one instrumental in JD(U)’s reunion with BJP KC Tyagi’s son Amresh Tyagi worked for #CambridgeAnalytica and helped it work for BJP as report confirms! Nitish and PM Modi have a lot to answer,” Yadav, a former deputy chief minister, said in a tweet. “Nitish Kumar & PM Modi are only politicians in the country who take help of PR agencies like #CambridgeAnalytica to create hype around their non existent work! Both are answerable to the country for their Party’s links with the agency!” he said in another tweet.
Bihar CM Nitish's close confidante and one instrumental in JDU's reunion with BJP- KC Tyagi's son Amrish Tyagi worked for #CambridgeAnalytica and helped it work for BJP as report confirms! Nitish & PM Modi has a lot to answer!
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) March 22, 2018
NitishKumar & PM Modi are only politicians in the country who take help of PR agencies like #CambridgeAnalytica to create hype around their non existent work! Both are answerable to the country for their Party's links with the agency!
— Tejashwi Yadav (@yadavtejashwi) March 22, 2018
On Union Law and Justice Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad’s warning to Facebook owner Mark Zuckerberg on Thursday, Yadav alleged that BJP leaders were preparing the ground for throttling social media. [caption id=“attachment_4304065” align=“alignleft” width=“380”] File image of Tejashwi Yadav. News18[/caption] “They are warning Facebook owner that even he can be summoned. The government should tell us if it has the power, why is it not acting against fugitives like Nirav Modi, Lalit Modi and Vijay Mallya,” he said. Talking to a news channel, the RJD leader claimed that he had got a whiff of the activities of Tyagi’s son during the 2015 Assembly polls, when “I had not even heard the name of the firm (Cambridge Analytica)”. “I was accompanied by KC Tyagi to a rally in Champaran and he told me that his son was in the PR business and was associated with election management of Donald Trump who was then preparing for the US presidential polls,” Yadav claimed. The RJD heir apparently also said “Why is KC Tyagi not coming out with explanations himself and not allowing his son, who is an adult, to clear the air. And why isn’t the NDA government at the Centre not conducting a thorough probe which could settle the matter once and for all?” he asked.
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