The report prompted Congress lawmaker Shashi Tharoor-led Parliamentary Standing Committee on Information and Technology (IT) to summon Facebook’s representatives for an explanation. The Congress again attacked the BJP over its alleged nexus with Facebook and for undermining the country’s democratic ethos after WSJ’s Sunday report. Malviya questioned how come the “mandarins at WSJ keep missing Ankhi Das’ posts sympathetic” to the Aam Aadmi Party or the Trinamool Congress. According to the fresh report, Das praised Modi as the “strongman” who had broken the Congress’ socialist hold on the state. One was Mr. Modi’s 2012 campaign for re-election as chief minister of the western Indian state of Gujarat,” the report said.

Source: Hindustan Times August 31, 2020 05:59 UTC