Contacts with Cambridge Analytica firm- BJP or Congress

New Delhi: The political slugfest over links with the controversial data consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica (CA) escalated on Thursday with the BJP claiming that the firm was involved in Rahul Gandhi's social media campaign and Congress rubbishing the charge and asking if the government will lodge an FIR against the company and its India partner Oveleno Business Intelligence (OBI).

Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad, who had stirred a political firestorm on Wednesday with his allegations that the Congress was using the services of the London-based political data analytics firm, fired fresh salvos at the Congress on Thursday claiming that the firm was involved in Congress President Rahul Gandhi's social media campaign and there had been meetings too in this regard.

Congress leader Randeep Singh Surjewala termed Prasad as a "minister of lies", and asked the BJP if "Cambridge Analytica was involved in stealing data, then why did it take its services" and "whether an FIR would be registered against CA and OBI".