Shashank Mani Tripathi, an MP for the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), backed the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) decision to require the Sanchar Saathi software to be preinstalled on mobile phones on Tuesday, claiming it will increase security.
This comes amid concerns that the Sanchar Saathi app was intended for snooping and would amount to a breach in privacy. The Deoria MP claimed that every part of citizen protection that should be ensured will be digitally secured.
"This is a crucial step. Since I attend IIT, I am aware of the various kinds of cyberattacks that occur. I am aware of the kinds of information that are stolen during external pilots. This communication software will boost people's sense of security.

Our data won't escape, and every facet of citizen protection that should be ensured will be digitally protected. Tripathi was cited by ANI as stating, "I welcome this."
The app wouldn't be a privacy violation, according to Shashank Mani Tripathi, who also urged the creation of more native apps.
"Privacy is not in danger. All the inquiries into this have been undertaken with privacy in mind. External apps provide the greatest threat to privacy, and this has been a problem for many years. We should adopt our indigenous apps. Even in digital, there is no threat to privacy; instead, we should go to native apps," he continued.

The opposition was "manufacturing issues" to disrupt parliamentary procedures, according to Union Minister of Parliamentary Affairs Kiren Rijiju, who also supported the action.
"They don't have to disrupt the Parliament by coming up with fresh problems. While each issue is significant in and of itself, it is improper to use them as a way to impede Parliament. We will hold meetings with opposition leaders. I am already in touch with them. We are not minimizing their problems, but there are numerous problems in the nation, not just one," he stated.
Priyanka Gandhi slams Sanchar Saathi ‘snooping app’
On the opposing side of the discussion, Congress MP Priyanka Gandhi called Sanchar Saathi “snooping app”. She said that the DoT decision was “ridiculous” and accused the administration turning the country into “dictatorship”.

"It is a snooping app... It's obviously absurd. People have the right to privacy so they can send their own communications to friends and family without the government monitoring them. In every way, they are transforming this nation into a dictatorship. Before the second day of the Parliament's winter session, she informed the media, "They are refusing to talk about anything, so Parliament is not functioning."
In order to examine the government's directives about the installation of the Sanchar Saathi App in new mobile phones, Congress MP Renuka Chowdhury submitted an adjournment motion notice in the Rajya Sabha, requesting a suspension of activity.The Congress has challenged the Department of Telecommunications' (DoT) orders on the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app in new mobile devices as unconstitutional and has sought its immediate revocation.
The party MP has asked a discussion under Rule 267, which involves setting aside all other business to address the problem.
The party's MP, Rajeev Shukla, called the decree "a dangerous and worrisome thing."