NEW DELHI: AAP supremo Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday termed the DoT-mandated preloading of the Sanchar Saathi app on all new smartphones a “brazen assault on particular person privateness” and demanded rapid withdrawal of the “diktat., The division of telecom (DoT) has directed producers and importers of cell handsets to make sure that its, as claimed, fraud reporting app Sanchar Saathi is pre-installed in all new gadgets inside 90 days. “The Modi authorities’s diktat to all cell producers to put in Sanchar Saarthi app on all new and current telephones is a brazen assault on particular person privateness and liberty. No democracy on this planet has ever tried to take action,” Kejriwal stated in a submit on X. “The notification issued by the federal government has no point out of looking for particular person consent to put in the app”, or “offering the choice to delete it at any time,” he stated. “@AamAadmiParty condemns such gross dictatorial actions and calls for rapid withdrawal of the notification,” the previous Delhi chief minister stated.
