Politics

Rahul Gandhi accuses PM Modi of leaking data to US firm through NaMo app

March 25, 2018, 5:46 PM

Nation Next Newsroom | India

Congress president Rahul Gandhi, on Sunday, accused Prime Minister Narendra Modi of leaking data to a US firm through the official NaMo app. Gandhi made the statement through a tweet.

Hi! My name is Narendra Modi. I am India’s Prime Minister. When you sign up for my official App, I give all your data to my friends in American companies.

Ps. Thanks mainstream media, you’re doing a great job of burying this critical story, as always.https://t.co/IZYzkuH1ZH

? Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) March 25, 2018

Gandhi made the statement with reference to a media report in which a French vigilante hacker, in a series of tweets, claimed that the personal data including email IDs, photos, gender and names of the users of PM Modi’s official mobile app were being sent to a third party domain without consent of the apps users.

.@narendramodi, I know privacy is not your thing but any thoughts about sharing the personal data of your users without their consent to a third-party company?

? Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) March 23, 2018

It worth to say: I’m not making politics. I only believe in the technical truth. Don’t trust political speeches from both side. Thing is, @narendramodis app is sending personal data to a 3rd party company without user consent. The rest are just suppositions

? Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) March 25, 2018

When you create a profile in the official @narendramodi #Android app, all your device info (OS, network type, Carrier ?) and personal data (email, photo, gender, name, ) are send without your consent to a third-party domain called https://t.co/N3zA3QeNZO. pic.twitter.com/Vey3OP6hcf

? Elliot Alderson (@fs0c131y) March 23, 2018

Responding to Gandhi’s statement, Bharatiya Janata Party that Gandhi is just trying to divert attention from the Cambridge Analytica expose. The BJP defended the app in a series of tweets and also advised Gandhi to download the NaMo app to know about the good work being done in the India.

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Rahul Gandhi is in sublime form these days. After MRI & NCC, today he exposes his great knowledge about technology. He is so rattled by the Cambridge Analyitca expose that he daily tries to divert attention from it, yesterday it was the judiciary and today it is Namo App.

? BJP (@BJP4India) March 25, 2018

Rahul Gandhi truly shows why he and his party have zero knowledge of technology. All they can do is scare the masses about technology while they continue to steal data using his ?Brahmastra? of Cambridge Analytica.

? BJP (@BJP4India) March 25, 2018

We all know that Rahul Gandhi is no match for Narendra Modi. But seeing his fright about the Namo App, is very amusing. When his bots tried to trend #DeleteNamoApp day before yesterday, the popularity and downloads of Namo App only increased. Today, it will be no different! pic.twitter.com/Wnan0IQFIV

? BJP (@BJP4India) March 25, 2018

Narendra Modi App provides a platform for millions of his fans and party cadre to connect directly with the Prime Minister. It is a ?one of its kind App which enables unprecedented engagement and interactivity with PM.

? BJP (@BJP4India) March 25, 2018

Narendra Modi App is a unique App, which unlike most Apps, gives access to users in ?guest mode? without even any permission or data. The permissions required are all contextual and cause-specific.

? BJP (@BJP4India) March 25, 2018

Contrary to Rahuls lies, fact is that data is being used for only analytics using third party service, similar to Google Analytics. Analytics on the user data is done for offering users the most contextual content.

? BJP (@BJP4India) March 25, 2018

This ensures that a user gets the best experience by showing content in his language & interests. A person who looks up agri-related info will get agri related content easily. A person from TN will get updates in Tamil and get an update about an important initiative about TN.

? BJP (@BJP4India) March 25, 2018

We also take this opportunity to encourage Rahul Gandhi to download NaMo App to keep himself appraised of the good things happening in India. PM Modi gave a call to work towards a #FitIndia today only. You can watch a refreshing Yoga video on the NaMo App. pic.twitter.com/PEn2HrrIgu

? BJP (@BJP4India) March 25, 2018

Politics

Chinese attack in Galwan was pre-planned; govt. was fast asleep: Rahul Gandhi

Published

5 years ago

June 20, 2020

Sneha Shah | Delhi

Congress leader Rahul Gandhi slammed the PM Modi-led government in June 19 saying that the government was fast-asleep even as tension increased on the Indo-Chinese border. Gandhi claimed that the Chinese attack in Galwan valley in Ladakh was ?pre-planned and that soldiers paid the price of government’s mistake.

Gandhi took to twitter to question the Government’s alertness on the standoff at the border. Gandhi cited an ANI report, which quoted Minister of State (MoS) for Defence Shripad Naik as saying that the violent face off, which killed around 20 Indian soldiers was ?pre-planned by China? and that the Indian forces will give a ?befitting reply.

Gandhi’s tweet read:

It’s now crystal clear that:

The Chinese attack in Galwan was pre-planned.
GOI was fast asleep and denied the problem.
The price was paid by our martyred Jawans.

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Gandhi’s attack on the government comes before an all-party meeting, which will be convened by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 19 evening to discuss the India-China border situation.

Politics

COVID-19 positive Congress MLA votes in PPE kit for Rajya Sabha polls

Published

5 years ago

June 19, 2020

Radhika Dhawad | Madhya Pradesh

COVID-19 positive Congress MLA votes in PPE kit for Rajya Sabha polls…

COVID-19 positive Congress MLA Kunal Chaudhary arrived in a PPE kit to cast his vote for the 24-seat Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh on Friday. — Congress MLA in PPE kit

Congress MLA Kunal Chaudhary, who is a COVID-19 patient, arrived in a PPE kit to cast his vote for the 24-seat Rajya Sabha elections in Madhya Pradesh on Friday.

The MLA, who was the last one to vote, was tested for COVID-19 on June 12. Chaudhary told NDTV, “I reached Vidhan Sabha around 12.45 pm in an ambulance, with full precaution wearing a PPE kit, the officials were also wearing PPE kit, though I felt they were a bit scared, which is natural. I voted for my party candidate and came back. To ensure virus doesn’t get spread from respiratory droplets, people around him ensured strict social distancing.

In Madhya Pradesh, a candidate needs 52 votes for winning a seat in the Rajya Sabha elections.

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Politics

Ramdas Athawale calls for ban on restaurants selling Chinese food, asks citizens to stop eating it

Published

5 years ago

June 19, 2020

Sneha Shah | Mumbai

RPI President and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said that the controversy surrounding Dalits should now come to and end. — Union Minister Ramdas Athawale (File photo/Nation Next)

Union Minister Ramdas Athawale, President of Republican Party of India (RPI-A), on June 18, called for a ban on restaurants and hotels serving Chinese cuisine and also asked the citizens to stop eating Chinese food.

Athawale, who coined the famous Go Corona, Go Corona? chant in February, made the statement against the backdrop of clash between Indian and Chinese armed forces in the Galwan valley area of Ladakh on June 15. The clash led to deaths of around 20 Indian Army personnel including a Colonel rank officer.

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Athawale said, Restaurants selling Chinese food should be banned. Restaurants should be closed by the order of the state government. I appeal people who consume Chinese food to boycott it.

The Chinese literature should also be banned. Its products should be banned and it’s companies too should not be given business here. We should develop such companies in India, which can manufacture the same products here, the Union Minister added.

Athawale warned China to reconsider its actions and stop its criminal activities on the border. You took Buddha from us but we don’t want yuddha (war) with you. A war will prove to be costly for both countries, economically and loss of lives will also occur. If we (Indians) are not crossing the border, then why are you doing so?? he added.