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Sanchar Saathi App: After Govt. Diktat To Mobile Makers Internet Erupts In Hilarious ‘Stalker Saathi’ Memes

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Sanchar Saathi App: After Govt. Diktat To Mobile Makers Internet Erupts In Hilarious ‘Stalker Saathi’ Memes



The Department of Telecom issued a directive to smartphone makers to pre-install the Sanchar Saathi app in all handsets in order to ascertain the genuineness of the phones. Per the orders, the app must be easily accessible, functional, and enabled for users during the setup phase itself. GOI states the purpose of the initiative as follows:

According to the press release, the setup must ensure no disabling or restriction of features. It states that manufacturers and importers must

GOI ordered the firms to follow the mandate within 90 days and report within 120 days.

Here’s how the internet is reacting to the diktat. Several users dubbed the app mandate as draconian and orwellian. A few labelled the app as “Stalker Saathi,” “Snooper Saathi,” and other such names.

One user jibed, “Hey, be fair. Sanchar Saathi is just equalizing things, ok. If we can listen to the PM’s mann ki baat, why can’t he listen to our mann ki baat?”

Another user warned with a cheeky dig: Imagine this. You’ve shared a cartoon about Modi on WhatsApp with your friend. Next morning, the Police knocks your door, you’re arrested under UAPA or Sedition. Thanks to “Sanchar Saathi”

Meanwhile the internet erupted in hilarious memes over the Sanchar Saathi app fiasco. Here are a few for your chuckling pleasure:

Amid social media outrage, the Union Minister for Communication, Jyotiraditya Scindia, refuted the clauses of the mandate, stating the user can delete the app, calling the tool “optional.” So which one is it, Sir Scindia? Optional or mandatory?

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