Cong: BJP trying to politicise a technological issue

BJP.com website was diverting users to the AICC website

PTI | October 4, 2010



After the BJP accused it of stealing its online identity, Congress today said the party was trying to "politicise" the issue, which could be due to some "technological problem".

"I don't know the exact facts about the website. But if it is true, there could be some technological problems. It is unfortunate that BJP is trying to politicise a technological problem," party spokesperson Shakil Ahmed told PTI here.

He was asked to comment on BJP's allegations that Congress had surreptitiously created a website with a similar domain name, which was diverting users to the AICC website.

Earlier in the day, BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitaraman told reporters that a legal notice was served on the Congress on September 27 on the issue but there had been no official response from it.

She said a website www.bjp.com had come to its notice recently and when the site was opened, it diverted the user to the AICC website automatically.

"The BJP sent a legal notice to the Congress on a matter of petty theft...a theft so low...of its political rival's identity. A pickpocket-like theft. But the ruling party has not yet responded to it officially," Sitaraman said.

"Political parties, when they registered as websites, do so in the .org format as they are not commercial institutions.

"Political parties do not register under .com because commercial establishments usually have .com websites. But some time back bjp.com has been created by some...we do not know who," she said.

Since the website was "masked" and linked itself to the Congress website, it was important for the BJP to know who was behind it and hence the legal notice to the ruling party, she added.

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