Narendra Modi misusing PM's position to build personal database: Rahul Gandhi

Rahul took to Twitter for the second time on Monday to attack Modi by accusing him of keeping the personal data of Indians through the app.

His latest tweet reads, "Modi misusing PM position to build personal database with data on millions of Indians via the NaMo App promoted by Govt. If as PM he wants to use tech to communicate with India, no problem. But use the official PMO APP for it. This data belongs to India, not Modi."

Taking a jibe at Modi and the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), Rahul had earlier tweeted, "Modi’s NaMo App secretly records audio, video, contacts of your friends & family and even tracks your location via GPS. He’s the Big Boss who likes to spy on Indians. Now he wants data on our children. 13 lakh NCC cadets are being forced to download the APP."

Amid thickening charges and counter charges over sharing user date, the Congress on Monday appeared to have removed its official mobile phone application from Google Play Store.

The move followed a series of tweets by Amit Malviya, the head of the BJP’s information technology cell,posting screenshots of the privacy policy of the Congress’ website and accusing party President Rahul Gandhi of sharing user data from the official Congress application with “friends in Singapore”.

Malviya’s comments came after Gandhi criticised the Government after a French cyber security expert alleged that the Narendra Modi Android application shared its users’ private information with companies without their consent.

Gandhi on Sunday had  posted: "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."

The political blamegame started over the reports that  British firm Cambridge Analytica used the private data of more than five crore Facebook users to influence voters during Donald Trump’s 2016 election campaign, and in several other polls around the world. Ever since, the Congress and BJP have been accusing each other of using the services of the British firm.