India, May 16 -- Update | May 16, 6:00 PM IST

Doubling down on his stance of alleged Chinese influence on MakeMyTrip, EaseMyTrip cofounder and chairman Nishant Pitti highlighted that five out of the 10 directors on the board of the Nasdaq-listed company have ties with China.

Pitti made the fresh allegations in a post on X today after MakeMyTrip dismissed his earlier claims as "malicious or motivated".

"MakeMyTrip may dismiss this as a "motivated accusation" but when national security is at stake, silence is not an option. Half of MakeMyTrip's board - 5 out of 10 directors have direct ties to China, including pivotal appointments by Trip.com, a company with Chinese ownership," he said in a post.

The cofounder added that "three out of t...