The BJP and the Congress on Wednesday accused each other of using the services of embattled data consultancy firm Cambridge Analytica (CA), which along with Facebook is at the centre of a global row over the alleged unauthorised use of personal data from the social media giant.

Responding to the allegations against his party, Congress President Rahul Gandhi said that BJP had brought up the data theft issue as a distraction from its handling of the death of 39 Indians in Iraq. As the firestorm over the issue hit India, the government warned Facebook, which is being probed by US and ...