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Kerala ends controversial Sprinklr deal

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THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: With  the government deciding not to extend the deal, the agreement between the Sprinklr and the government has come to an end.Replying to a query, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said the state government had signed a with Sprinklr for a fixed time and that time has passed. There is nothing new in the termination in the deal, he said. 

The state government’s move to seek the services of the US-based Sprinklr to collate and aggregate Covid-19 data in the State has courted big controversy. It assumed political significance when both the opposition Congress and the BJP attacked the LDF-led government  over the deal. 

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