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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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