It claims that a portal with
the party's acronym and no clear ownership identity was diverting users to the
Congress website. BJP spokesperson Nirmala Sitharaman said here Sunday that the
notice was delivered at the Congress office on Sept. 27, but there had been no
official response from the party. She said a website, www.bjp.com, had come to
the notice of the party which was diverting users to the All India Congress
Committee (AICC) website automatically. "The bjp.org, the official website
of BJP has been running since 1995," she said. The BJP spokesperson said
political parties have .org domain and and not .com at the end of their web
addresses as they are not commercial institutions. She said: "Ownership of
bjp.com was masked" and it links the user to the Congress website. The
spokesperson said the party had sought to find ownership details on the
relevant search engines. The details were provided as Bharat Journals and
Publications and two US telephone numbers were mentioned. "Technically
such an entity should be selling some journals, but the site takes you to the
AICC website," Sitharaman said. She said people all over the world reach
BJP through its website and "this is an attempt to divert that traffic
toward the Congress party." "This is deceitful ... low-level, pickpocket
type ... we apprehend Congress hand," she said, adding that the attempt
could also be to say things that are not true of BJP.
