Rahul Gandhi Attacks BJP

New Delhi, Mar 22: Congress president Rahul Gandhi today accused the government of "inventing" stories on the Congress's involvement to divert attention from the controversy following Foreign Minister Sushma Swaraj's statement on the killing of 39 Indians in Iraq.

He took his official Twitter handler and said that, "Problem: 39 Indians dead; Govt on the mat, caught lying. Solution: Invent story on Congress & Data Theft. Result: Media networks bite bait; 39 Indians vanish from radar. Problem solved."

A major row erupted on Wednesday when the BJP and Congress traded charges over hiring the services of controversial data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica. While the BJP accused Congress of "data theft" to woo voters ahead of 2019 Lok Sabha polls, the opposition party hit back alleging that the "BJP’s factory of fake news has produced one more fake product".

The Congress further accused BJP of hiring the services of the firm’s Indian arm in several elections, including in 2014 Lok Sabha polls.