India, May 15 -- At a time when the public sentiment in the country is against countries like China, Turkey and Azerbaijan for helping Pakistan in its recent conflict against India, two Indian online travel aggregators (OTAs) EaseMyTrip and MakeMyTrip seem to be involved in a skirmish.

A day after EaseMyTrip founder and chairman Nishant Pitti alleged that MakeMyTrip is majorly owned by China and may expose the data of Indian soldiers who use the platform, the latter rubbished the allegations.

A spokesperson of MakeMyTrip called the accusations "malicious or motivated".

"MakeMyTrip is a proud Indian company, founded by Indians, headquartered in India, and trusted by millions of Indian travellers for over 25 years. We are a publicly list...