India, May 16 -- The EaseMyTrip founder has shredded MakeMyTrip's (MMT) response to his allegations about data security, defence loophole, and a China link against the site. He claimed he wouldn't be silent where "national security" issues were at stake.

"MakeMyTrip may dismiss this as a 'motivated accusation' but when national security is at stake, silence is not an option," founder and chairman of EaseMyTrip Nishant Pitti wrote on X. He claimed that MMT's "5 out of 10 directors have direct ties to China", while adding that appointment of candidates for key positions within the company are done by "Trip.com, a company with Chinese ownership." He went on to make more claims about the Chinese links of the company.

He shared a series of s...