New Delhi, Dec. 3 -- Congress MP Manish Tewari on Wednesday questioned the Centre's intentions behind its earlier move to mandate the pre-installation of the Sanchar Saathi app on mobile phones.

Tewari said the decision raised concerns of excessive surveillance and went against the Supreme Court's Puttaswamy judgement that upholds the right to privacy.

Speaking to ANI, Manish Tewari said, "The question is, why did they mandate it in the first place? What was the intention of the Government? Why were they trying to create an Orwellian State? Did they want to monitor the communication of each and every person in this country who has a mobile phone? So, therefore the decision of the Government in the first place was completely and absolute...