BREAKING: Sanchar Saathi can be DELETED, not mandatory: Centre clarifies amid row over mobile app

Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday clarified that users could delete the Sanchar Saathi app if they want to and its not mandatory.

New Delhi: Amid the ongoing debate over the Sanchar Saathi app, which the government wants mandatorily pre-loaded on smartphones, Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia on Tuesday gave a clarification that the Sanchar Saathi app is not mandatory and users can delete it easily. Scindia’s remark came a day after the Centre’s issued directives to smartphone companies ignited privacy concerns.

Responding news agency ANI question on the app, Scandia stated,  “If you don’t want Sanchar Saathi, you can delete it. It is optional.”

“It is our duty to introduce this app to everyone. Keeping it in their devices or not, is up to the user,” he further said.

#WATCH | Delhi | “… If you don’t want Sanchar Sathi, you can delete it. It is optional… It is our duty to introduce this app to everyone. Keeping it in their devices or not, is upto the user…,” says Union Minister for Communications Jyotiraditya Scindia. pic.twitter.com/iXzxzfrQxt

— ANI (@ANI) December 2, 2025

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