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                                             Shankar Prasad, Piyush Goyal,  way  we  are  totally  apolitical,”  the company is getting more
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                                             Karnataka Chief Minister BS  he said.                                    and more Indian money into
        ing hashtag related to “farmer  Yediyurappa, Madhya Pradesh                  He  said  that  the  Koo  app  the company.”
        genocide”  and  accounts  sup- Chief  Minister  Shivraj  Chou- is for every Indian citizen and                    Aprameya       Radhakrishna
        ported by Khalistan sympathiz- han,  Devegowda,  HD  Ku- who follows Indian law.                              said  a  Chinese  company  that
        ers and backed by Pakistan and  maraswamy,  Priyank  Kharge                  “We  are  driving  the  plat- invested in a previous start-up
        blog post issued by Twitter. The  have  joined  a  new  app  called  form for every Indian and like  will be exiting soon.  The data
        Ministry of Electronics and In- Koo. The co-founder of Indian  every citizen and as an Indian  he  claims  visible  is  something
        formation Technology (MeitY)  microblogging app said that the  company, we are bound by In- that  the  user  has  voluntarily
        in a press release revealed that  platform, which is aiming to be- dian law and the Constitution  shown on their profile of Koo.
        the  Ministry’s  Secretary,  in  a  come an alternative to Twitter,  of India. Like the principle of  It cannot be termed a data leak.
        virtual interaction with Twitter  is apolitical and its policies and  our  Constitution,  we  also  be- If  you  visit  a  user  profile  you
        officials, expressed his deep dis- systems do not understand any  lieve  in  making  it  an  ‘of  the  can see it anyway,” Aprameya
        appointment to Twitter leader- “Left or Right” policies.                 people, by the people and for  Radhakrishna said.
        ship about the manner in which          Aprameya  Radhakrishna,  the people’ platform,” he said.                  “We are just a 10-month-
        it  has  unwillingly,  grudgingly  co-founder  of  Koo  app,  told           Asked about Chinese invest- old  platform  and  this  sudden
        and with great delay complied  ANI that the system identifies  ment in his start-up, Aprameya  surge in our visibility and user
        with the substantial parts of the  every  individual  as  a  unique  Radhakrishna said Koo is total- base was unexpected. We are
        order.                               user and the effort is to give the  ly Aatmanirbhar app. He said  improving our platform day by
            He reminded Twitter that in  best user experience. “Our sys- Indian entrepreneurs invest  day.  All  these  technical  issues
        India, its Constitution and laws  tem  and  policies  don’t  under- in Koo, a set of Indian entre- are not something that cannot
        are supreme. It is expected that  stand left or right. The system  preneurs are investing in Koo  to dealt with or improved,” he
        responsible  entities  not  only  identifies every individual as a  “with  Ashish  Hemrajani  from  added.
        reaffirm  but  remain  commit- unique user and we as a plat- BookMyShow,                     Vivekananda          Aprameya         Radhakrish-
        ted to compliance to the law of  form  have  to  serve  all  to  the  from Bounce, Nikhil Kamat of  na  said  he  is  hopeful  that  in
        land, he said.                       best of our capabilities and give  Zerodha amongst various oth- the  coming  days,  personalities
            Meanwhile,  several  politi- the best user experience. Me or  ers entering the cap table of the  across  the  political  spectrum
        cal  leaders  and  celebrities,  in- Mayank as co-founders of Koo,  company”.                                 will  join  Koo  to  connect  with
        cluding  Union  Ministers  Ravi  have no political lineage. That             “It is a clear indication that  their regional audience.


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