TMC MP writes to Mark Zuckerberg, raises issue of alleged bias of Facebook towards BJP

Trinamool Congress has written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg raising issue of alleged bias of social media giant towards BJP and claimed that re is eugh evidence in public domain to substantiate this charge. Party MP Derek O'Brien, who has written letter to Zuckerberg also makes a reference to an earlier meeting between two, where some of se concerns were raised. Sources in party said that O'Brien met Zuckerberg in October 2015 in Delhi.

"We, All India Trinamool Congress (AITC), India's second-largest opposition party, have had serious concerns about Facebook's role during 2014 and 2019 general elections in India," O'Brien wrote in letter accessed by PTI.

"With elections in Indian state of West Bengal just months away, your company's recent blocking of Facebook ps and accounts in Bengal also points to link between Facebook and BJP. re is eugh material w in public domain, including internal memos of senior Facebook manment, to substantiate bias," he wrote.