JDU has no links with Cambridge Analytica: KC Tyagi
March 22, 2018  16:43
image
The Nitish Kumar-led Janata Dal United has sought an explanation from its senior leader KC Tyagi in the ongoing Facebook data leak scam. On Thursday, media reports said that Tyagi's son, Amrish, is the owner of Ovelina Business Intelligence, the Indian associate of Cambridge Analytica, which is under investigation over allegations stealing the data of over 50 million Facebook users.


A media report said that OBI was working in association with SCL Group, the parent company of Cambridge Analytica. Together the two companies had formed a company --  SCL India. A number of media reports claimed on Wednesday that OBI had listed JDU, Congress and the BJP as its clients on its website.


KC Tyagi, JDU's response: "There was only a work relation between my son Amrish's company and Cambridge Analytica; there is no financial transaction or shareholding, everything is open to probe.


"JDU also has no links with this, neither did they promote us in 2010 polls. It's CEO has never met Nitishji nor me. In any case JDU is a socialist outfit and we stay away from such things, except for maybe Prashant Kishoreji helping us during the last assembly polls."
« Back to LIVE

TOP STORIES